Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
Paperback – Picture Book, August 1, 1997
Scholastic Inc. · Paperback · August 1, 1997
Ever hear of Charlie Parker?
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- Who it’s for
- A picture-book riff turns jazz into sounds you can hear in your head.
- Themes
- Jazz music, Playful sound words, A cat waiting for its owner
- Genres
- Jazz, Musicians' Lives for Kids
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Ever hear of Charlie Parker? The great jazz saxophone player? If you have or if you haven't, it's okay. Look at this board book and you'll hear Charlie Parker; you'll hear music in your mind. "Be bop. Fisk, fisk. Lollipop. Boomba, boomba." Look. That's Charlie swinging and spinning all over the pages. And that's Charlie's cat, waiting, waiting for him to come home...
Jazz in Motion
A picture-book riff turns jazz into sounds you can hear in your head.
Come here for
- Be-bop syllables with a rhythm of their own
- Pages that swing and spin around Charlie
Expect
- A playful, sound-led encounter with Charlie Parker
- His cat waiting for him to come home
Where it sits
| Musicians' Lives for Kids | 97% |
|---|---|
| Jazz | 57% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Kids' Fiction
- Senses & Feelings
- Authors
- Chris Raschka
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Published
- August 1, 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Jazz music · Playful sound words · A cat waiting for its owner
- Reading lane
- Kids' Fiction