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Sweet music in Harlem

C.J., who aspires to be as great a jazz musician as his uncle, searches for Uncle Click's hat in preparation for an important photograph and inadvertently gathers some of the greatest musicians of 1950s Harlem to join in on the picture.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Taylor, Debbie A., 1955-
Other Authors:	Morrison, Frank, 1971-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Lee & Low Books, c2004.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Musicians > Juvenile fiction. Jazz > Juvenile fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction. Uncles > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	C.J., who aspires to be as great a jazz musician as his uncle, searches for Uncle Click's hat in preparation for an important photograph and inadvertently gathers some of the greatest musicians of 1950s Harlem to join in on the picture.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:	1584301651
Author Notes:	Debbie A. Taylor is a first-time picture book author with a master's degree in creative writing. She works at the University of Michigan and has had several stories published in children's literary magazines including Spider, Cricket, and New Moon. Taylor and her family live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. To find out more about Debbie Taylor, visit her Web site: www.sweetmusicinharlem.com Frank Morrison is the illustrator of LEE & LOW's Sweet Music in Harlem, a Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year and an IRA Notable Book. He has also received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in Illustration for Jazzy Miz Mozetta. His artwork is included in many private collections, including those of Bill Cosby and Maya Angelou. Morrison lives with his family in Hampton, Georgia. To find out more about Frank Morrison, visit his Web site: www.morrisongraphic