Apt. 3

This story is a little darker and a tad scary. It’s a rainy day and Sam and his brother are in their apartment when they hear a harmonica playing. It sounds sad and lonely and they decide to find who it is playing. They talk down their hallways and stairways and listen outside each door for a harmon......more

This is my favorite of the books by Ezra Jack Keats so far. It tells a beautiful story of the adventure to find the music in the apartment building. What a wonderful story!......more

Fellow book blogger and #imwayr community member, Linda of TeacherDance, recommended this picture book a few weeks back and I'm so grateful that we had a copy through our tri-college loan program. Apt. 3 is an apprehensive experience of sounds and smells as two young boys search their apartment comp......more

I love the dark and moody feel of the illustrations in Ezra Jack Keats' Apt. 3. Somehow through the illustrations I can actually hear the harmonica music that Sam and Ben are trying to track down in their apartment building. The writing is also very vivid: "He stood up suddenly, raised his harmonica......more

I found this book just no more than ten minutes ago while clearing space in my room. It wasn't even a month ago that I became aware of Ezra Jack Keats. It's a touching story that left me yearning more.......more