Tom B. and the Joyful Noise

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press. Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1970). First Edition. Hardcover. 0664324673 . [no discernible wear to book; jacket has a very shallow chip and a one-inch closed tear at top of front panel, otherwise just lightly edgeworn (mostly along top edge of rear panel)]. (pen and ink drawings) Story for young readers about Tom B., "a cocky little black boy who uses his shoeshine kit as a passport to explore New Orleans," falls in love with jazz in the French Quarter, meets the Preservation Hall musicians (one of whom promises to give him trumpet lessons), and "one thing naturally leads to another." .