Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)
The Jazz Man
A story of a boy finding hope through jazz while his family faces the strains of city life.
Work Information
A story of a boy finding hope through jazz while his family faces the strains of city life.
A story of a boy finding hope through jazz while his family faces the strains of city life.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Aladdin
- Published
- 1993-10-31
- Pages
- 48 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.02 x 0.76 x 19.37 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780689717673
- ISBN-10
- 0689717679
- Price
- 2171 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Geography & Cultures/Multicultural Stories/Black & African American
In this Newbery Honor–winning picture book, a young boy falls in love with the incredible music that his neighbor makes. Zeke, a nine-year-old boy with a lame leg, lives five flights up in a house in Harlem and amuses himself by looking out the windows. When the Jazz Man with his wonderful music moves into a bright yellow room across the courtyard, Zeke’s life takes on new meaning. He doesn’t think about the jobs his father works or how his mother goes up and down five long flights of stairs of stairs every day with the dreamy blues adding color to the drab world. But what would happen to Zeke’s dream is the Jazz Man leaves?
Mary Hays Weik (1898–1979) was an American children’s book author and activist. Ann Grifalconi, a native New Yorker, is the author and illustrator of The Village of Round and Square Houses and Darkness and the Butterfly . As an illustrator, she has collaborated on with many writers on picture books, including The Jazz Man .
Reviews
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LOVELY BOOK, COUNTS AS AR POINTS FOR SCHOOL TESTS
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"The Jazz Man" has a surreal quality. It is beautifully illustrated with woodcuts with indistinct figures. The story is about a handicapped boy named Zeke. He lives in on the fifth floor of a browstone house in a city. One leg is shorter than the other, so he doesn't go to school, but hides at home instead to keep other children from making fun of him. He has a pretty young mother and a loving deadbeat father. The focus of the story has much to do with poverty and financial difficulty from a child's perspective. Yet, there is love and laughter and Zeke's joy of music as he listens to the "Zazz Man" and his musician friends play in the apartment across the street. The story has a real twist and surprise ending. This story ends well, but its message lingers on long after the book has ended.