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Rockwell, Anne

Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band

32 pp. | Carolrhoda | November, 2013 | Library ISBN 978-0-7613-5565-6 $16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Colin Bootman. This little-known and well-told true story describes how a Charleston, South Carolina, pastor founded an orphanage, solicited donations of musical instruments, and got the kids to perform "rag" (a precursor of jazz). The band became a sensation, traveling abroad and marching in President Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade. Bootman's plangent art captures two sides of life in an early-twentieth-century American city. Bib.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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