- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: LEE & LOW; illustrated edition edition (19 Mar 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1600603440
- ISBN-13: 978-1600603440
- Product Dimensions: 26.7 x 21.1 x 0.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,205,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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New Orleans in the 1930s. Young Sonny Comeaux is worried. Mama has lost her job, and if they miss just paying one day of their rent, the landlord will put them out on the street. As Sonny wanders sadly through Jackson Square after school, his attention is caught by the lively music of a popular jazz musician. Sonny returns day after day and soon finds himself explaining his problem to the musician. What Sonny learns then - how to raise money while having the world's best party - changes his life forever.
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Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children
23 Feb 2009
Format:Paperback
Sonny Comeaux, a child coming of age in New Orleans during the time of the Great Depression, held a paid job before school and weekends delivering coal to homes and businesses in the French Quarter. His earnings supplemented those of his mother, who worked in a fish canning factory. When hard times caused the factory to lay off its workers, she and Sonny despaired at the thought of missing their next rent payment and getting evicted from their home.
A chance encounter with Smilin' Jack, a jazz musician who was playing around the country, led to the idea of throwing a rent party: a gathering of neighbors with jazz music, plenty of food, and a bucket to collect donations. Could this novel idea help to raise the money that Sonny and his mother so desperately needed?
This unique book introduces readers to rent parties, which originated in African American neighborhoods in the South and in Harlem, NY, to help families who struggled with high rents during difficult economic times. The parties also helped up-and-coming jazz musicians and artists to experiment with their music and develop a following. Rent Party Jazz gets top marks for its informative text and dramatic art work.
A chance encounter with Smilin' Jack, a jazz musician who was playing around the country, led to the idea of throwing a rent party: a gathering of neighbors with jazz music, plenty of food, and a bucket to collect donations. Could this novel idea help to raise the money that Sonny and his mother so desperately needed?
This unique book introduces readers to rent parties, which originated in African American neighborhoods in the South and in Harlem, NY, to help families who struggled with high rents during difficult economic times. The parties also helped up-and-coming jazz musicians and artists to experiment with their music and develop a following. Rent Party Jazz gets top marks for its informative text and dramatic art work.
Set in New Orleans of the 1930s
4 Jan 2002
Format:School & Library Binding
William Miller's Rent Party Jazz is set in New Orleans of the 1930s, where Sonny has to work before school to help his mother. When his mother loses her job, rent day looms and Sonny must devise a unique plan to save the day. Charlotte Riley-Webb's drawings are lively embellishments.
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