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To Rosetta Harris and Beatrice Taylor –D.T. To Fallon Norman with love –J.P. Sunflower Alley Published by Ventris Learning LLC P.O. Box 981 Sun Prairie, WI 53590 Text and images copyright © 2017 by Ventris Learning LLC. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopy, facsimile, recording, scanning or other, without the express prior written permission of the publisher. Text and images were originally copyrighted and published in 2012 by the Regents of the University of Michigan. Manufactured in the United States. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN: 978-0-9989934-2-3 About the Author Author Debbie Taylor, who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has written numerous stories, including Sweet Music in Harlem which was inspired by an historic photograph from the prime of Harlem’s jazz era and has received acclaim including the Book of Outstanding Merit by the Bank Street Book Committee, Children’s Book Council Choices, and the International Reading Association Notable Book. Her stories have been published in Spider , Cricket , New Moon , and Pockets magazines. About the Illustrator Illustrator Jason Phillips, a native of Detroit, is a graduate of Cass Technical High School’s noted Commercial Art curriculum and in 1992 he was selected as the Marie W. Sharpe Scholar at Colorado College. His work is found in private collections nationwide and has been exhibited in numerous galleries and public spaces throughout the United States including the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Johanson Charles Gallery in Detroit, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, and the Stuart McClean Gallery in Atlanta.