D. J. and the Jazz Fest

Where in the world can children hear jazz, gospel, blues, and Cajun music? Where can they eat foods like shrimp po'boys and strawberry snowballs? Where can they buy handmade crafts and see performances of all kinds by people of all ages? They can do all of this and more only at Jazz Fest in New Orleans D.J. reluctantly agrees to go to his first Jazz Fest with his mother and her godmother, Nanan. Looking cool in his favorite baseball cap and new sunglasses, D.J. first notices the large crowd of people and the huge tents everywhere that hold the stages for the performers. At the Children's Tent, girls perform an Oriental dance and a boy D.J.'s size breaks boards with his foot D.J. meets his cousin, Jonathan, in the Children's Tent, and they go on to have a great day filled with food, music, and crafts. As D.J. would say himself, "It was a great Jazz Fest weekend indeed "

Denise Walter McConduit and Emile F. Henriquez first collaborated on

D.J. and the Zulu Parade, also published by Pelican.