Jubilant Jeremy Johnson

By Doreen Harrison

Jeremy grew up in the world renowned Johnson family. His father and mother were opera singers and as for his two sisters, one was a brilliant pianist and the other a violin prodigy. Everyone in this famous family was a talented musician ... everyone except Jeremy. A charming story of one seemingly untalented young Christian boy's struggle to

• Language: English
• Publisher: Faithbuilders
• Release date: Sep 9, 2015
• ISBN: 9781910942185

Doreen Harrison

Now in her eighties, Doreen Harrison spent many years as a school teacher, head teacher and also as a church minister in both the Salvation Army and the Baptist church. A wife, mother and grandmother, her knowledge of children and the way they think comes across in her charming works of Christian fiction. Doreen is also an award winning poet.

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Faithbuilders Publishing

Jubilant Jeremy Johnson

by Doreen Harrison

Jubilant Jeremy Johnson by Doreen Harrison

First Published in Great Britain in 2015

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Contents

The School Concert

The Stolen Violin

The Moving Music

Biscuits in the Bus

The Village Fete

Helping the Homeless

The School Concert

John Jeremy Johnson was a young boy who belonged to a very talented musical family. His mother was an opera singer who sang with famous choirs and performed at sell-out solo converts. Jeremy’s mum was occasionally joined on stage by his father, who was himself an accomplished singer with a magnificent tenor voice. The couple had appeared together on various television programmes in several countries and performed in operas and concerts all over the world. Jeremy had two sisters: Joanne was fourteen and Juliet was twelve. Joanne was a pretty good musician and had already passed her eighth grade in piano, which meant that she could sometimes play the music for her parents, especially at the smaller charity concerts. She also played the flute, oboe and clarinet, passing all her music exams with distinction. Juliet played the violin, viola and cello. She was so talented was she that had already performed violin solos in her parents’ gala concerts in London, Rome and Prague; making a name for herself as a child prodigy: a wonder musician.

Ten year old Jeremy, on the other hand, had no particular musical ability. They had christened him John Jeremy after his father; but the name appeared to be