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Little Jazz Man

With your help, ELI will be able to print the story Little Jazz Man for families and other interested readers.

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Little Jazz Man

Little Jazz Man

Little Jazz Man

Little Jazz Man

Little Jazz Man

With your help, ELI will be able to print the story Little Jazz Man for families and other interested readers.

With your help, ELI will be able to print the story Little Jazz Man for families and other interested readers.

With your help, ELI will be able to print the story Little Jazz Man for families and other interested readers.

With your help, ELI will be able to print the story Little Jazz Man for families and other interested readers.

Thomas Layton
Thomas Layton
Thomas Layton
Thomas Layton
1 Campaign |
Durham, United States
$1,643 USD 24 backers
7% of $22,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Little Jazz Man  

Extraordinary Learning Institute

Pledge of $22,000 goal

Little Jazz Man is a new book series for young children written by T. Lawrence Layton and illustrated by Seno Muminovic.  It has repeated lines, interactive characters and toys, and fun to read.  This is the first of a planned series of four books about Little Jazz Man.  ELI and the author will be donating 200 copies of Little Jazz Man free to families of children with special needs.

The author: T. Lawrence Layton Ph.D. has worked in the area of literacy and language for over 40 years.  He has been a University professor, researcher, author, and speech-language therapist serving children with autism, Down syndrome, language impairment, and developmental disorders.  He uses literacy and reading for his treatment.  Although he has published numerous professional books, articles, and tests, this is his first children’s book. 

The illustrator: Senad Muminovic is from Bosnia and Herzegovina.  He credits his father, Mahmut, for passing his talent for drawing on to him as a child. As young boy in school he would enter art competitions and win first place. During and following the Bosnian War (1992-1995) that resulted in the breakup of Yugoslavia, Senad did not have access to art supplies.  In 1997 he met volunteer relief workers from North Carolina who donated supplies to him so he could begin to paint again. In 1999 some of his friends organized an exhibition of his work and he began to take his art more seriously. Senad says he is grateful to his father for teaching him, and to his American friends for giving him the motivation to resume painting.   He is an accomplished illustrator and has illustrated two children's books for a Croatian author and one in the US.  Besides painting, Senad composes music for the piano and enjoys playing all styles, but particularly enjoys jazz, gospel, and classical music.

Senad says that music gives him the motivation and inspiration for everything he does.  


 

The story:

With your help, ELI will be able to print the story Little Jazz Man for families and other interested readers.  We also will be able to produce the characters for the Literacy Box and the miniature toys.  Profits will go toward writing and illustrating the second planned story, “Little Jazz Man Runs Away to the Circus.”

  

Little Jazz Man asked, “Can you teach me to play the saxophone?” 


Grady Grasshopper tried, but Little Jazz Man could not play the saxophone.   His lips were too small.  Little Jazz Man “sighed!” and continued to look.


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Friends of LJM.

$1 USD
Thank you for believing in this project. You will receive a picture of Little Jazz Man, signed by the author. Your name will be broadcast on our web page and on other social media.
Estimated Shipping
December 2013
0 out of 300 of claimed

Relatives of LJM

$35 USD
Being a relative of Little Jazz Man entitles you to receive one of the first copies of Little Jazz Man, signed by the author, T. Lawrence Layton. You will also receive the first notice of any new Little Jazz Man stories
Estimated Shipping
January 2014
8 out of 300 of claimed

Social Friends of LJM

$125 USD
As a social friend, you will not only receive one of the first copies of Little Jazz Man, signed by T. Lawrence Layton, but you will also receive a complete Literacy Box with Little Jazz Man figures and toys. You will receive instructions by T. Lawrence Layton on how to use the Literacy Box to teach word identification, learn new vocabulary items, read-along instructions, and how to engage a young child in reading. You will also receive the first notice of any new Little Jazz Man stories.
Estimated Shipping
January 2014
6 out of 60 of claimed

Personal Friends of LJM

$250 USD
Personal friends of Little Jazz Man will receive the first copy of LJM. A complete Literacy Box with LJM figures and toys. Instructions on how to use the Literacy Box to teach word identification, learn new vocabulary items, read-along instructions, and how to engage a young child in reading. You will also receive a video-CD of T. Lawrence Layton reading LJM to his 2 year old granddaughter.
Estimated Shipping
January 2014
0 out of 40 of claimed

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