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The deaf musicians

Lee, a jazz pianist, has to leave his band when he begins losing his hearing, but he meets a deaf saxophone player in a sign language class and together they form a snazzy new band.

Main Author: Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014.
Other Authors: Jacobs, Paul DuBois., Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2006.
Subjects:
Musicians > Juvenile fiction.
Deaf > Juvenile fiction.
Jazz > Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Lee, a jazz pianist, has to leave his band when he begins losing his hearing, but he meets a deaf saxophone player in a sign language class and together they form a snazzy new band.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
ISBN: 039924316X
9780399243165
Author Notes: Pete Seeger was always a storyteller and put together many songs, including "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "Turn, Turn, Turn," and, with Lee Hays, "If I Had a Hammer." He is also the author of the classic picture book Abiyoyo .

Paul DuBois Jacobs has previously collaborated with Pete Seeger on Abiyoyo Returns and Some Friends to Feed , both illustrated by Michael Hays. Paul lives in New York with his wife, Jennifer Swender, and together they wrote the picture book My Subway Ride .

R. Gregory Christie is the three-time Coretta Scott King Honor-winning illustrator of Brothers in Hope , Only Passing Through , and The Palm of My Heart . Among his other acclaimed picture books are Richard Wright and the Library Card by William Miller and Hot City by Barbara Joosse. Visit him at www.gas-art.com.

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