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1) Jazz
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the roots of jazz music.
8) Rebound
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past." --
10) This Jazz Man
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to jazz music and nine well-known jazz musicians, set to the rhythm of the traditional song, "This Old Man." Includes brief facts about each musician.
11) Willie Jerome
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Nobody appreciates Willie Jerome's jazz trumpet-playing except his sister, who finally makes Mama listen to the music speak.
12) Fish jam
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Jazz is a scat-singing fish who is way too noisy! Will he ever find a place to play without being shoo, shoo, shooed away?"--Page [4] cover.
13) Bat and Rat
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One night at the Hotel Midnight, the lyrics written and sung by jazz musician Rat are those inspired by his friendship with Bat, who plays the piano and writes the tunes.
15) Jazzmatazz!
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a mouse scurries into a house and starts to play jazz music, other animals join in, one by one, each using his or her own particular talent.
16) Jazz baby
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A group of toddlers move and play, hum and sleep to a jazz beat.
17) Cool Daddy Rat
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young rat hides in his father's bass case and tags along as he plays and scats around the big city.
18) The jazz man
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1966.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Zeke, who lives in Harlem, listens to the wonderful music coming from the jazz musician's piano across the court and escapes for a while from the harsh realities that worry him.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Steer, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.
20) Hurricane song
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Miles Shaw goes to live with his father, a jazz musician, in New Orleans, and together they survive the horrors of Hurricane Katrina in the Superdome, learning about each other and growing closer through their painful experiences.