Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
2007
Points per Word
0.000249
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Series
Carolrhoda Picture Books
Description
Rev. Daniel J. Jenkins, a former slave and orphan himself, founded an orphanage for young African American children, the first of its kind in Charleston. The orphanage took in donations of musical instruments and soon formed a jazz band.