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The deaf musicians / story by Pete Seeger and Paul DuBois Jacobs ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 039924316X
  • 9780399243165
  • 9781428712195
  • 1428712194
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Awards:
  • Schneider Family Book Award, Young Children, 2007.
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.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook My Body Seeger Pete Available 33111008693257
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Poor Lee! He used to be a jazzman who could make the piano go yimbatimba- TANG--zang-zang. But now he's lost his hearing, and the bandleader had to let him go.

So Lee goes to a school for the deaf to learn sign language. There, he meets Max, who used to play the sax. Riding the subway to class, they start signing about all the songs they love. A bass player named Rose joins in and soon they've got a little sign language band. And in no time they're performing for audiences in the subway, night after night.

Living legend and Kennedy Center honoree Pete Seeger, renowned poet Paul DuBois Jacobs, and Coretta Scott King honor winner R. Gregory Christie present a jazzy riff on the power of music, overcoming obstacles, and all the different ways to hear the world. So, who will listen to a deaf musician? Everyone!

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.

R. Gregory Christie is an award-winning Atlanta-based commercial artist and illustrator. His artwork can be seen in publications including The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vibe, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. His illustrations have been featured on HBO Kids, PBS children's show "Between the Lions," New York City's subway cars, and the 2013 United States Post Office "Kwanzaa Forever" stamp.

Schneider Family Book Award, Young Children, 2007.

Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.1 0.5 111268.

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