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Summary: whimsical and delicious
Review: "Charlie Parker Played BeBop" is an excellent book to introduce historical people and their love of music. The use of words that make you feel the music along with hearing it absorb you into the story. Short and sweet and a book that will stay with you long after you close the pages.
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Summary: Introduce your child to the love of music.
Review: "Charlie Parker Played BeBop" is an excellent book to introduce historical people and their love of music. The use of words that make you feel the music along with hearing it absorb you into the story. Short and sweet and a book that will stay with you long after you close the pages.
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Summary: May also be sung!
Review: A terrific book...my children love it, and it's a first choice as a gift for others. A comment on the rhythm of the text: Raschka wrote it to correspond to Dizzy Gillespie's bebop classic "A Night in Tunisia" (one of Bird's signature tunes), so you can SING the book to your kid!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I am a licensed preschool music teacher. I found "Charlie Parker...." and was immediately thrilled with it. I took it and read it to my preschool music classes, ages 3-5. The first time they heard it, they liked it but clearly were a little puzzled, I think because the book was outside their normal reading references. By the second or third time they heard it, they were tapping their feet and spontaneously moving to the jazz rhythms of the book. I'm on the fourth or fifth class reading of the book, and they dig it more every time! My sincere appreciation to Chris Raschka for creating such a wonderful experience in jazz for children (and grownups). I'm eagerly looking forward to "Mysterious Thelonious!"
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Summary: Makes me want to dance!
Review: I have read this book over and over and over. I regularly buy it for neices and nephews and make sure each has their own copy. I have read it to my 4th graders for the past few years and they love it. It is a great read-aloud. The words flow. The book is hipnotic. Charlie Parker needs to be introduced to children and this is a great way to go about it. My 6 year old neice can quote each page! She's been able to do that since she was 3 or 4! Her little brother now has a copy! Chris Raschka has done a great job with this book. Oh, and, never leave your cat a-lone.....
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Summary: My 13-month old is OBSESSED with this book.
Review: I purchased this book because I love Charlie Parker and wanted to share that love with my then 6-month-old son (he's been listening to Charlie Parker on Phil Schaap's Birdflight since he came home from the hospital). It immediately became his favorite book (he has over 100) and INSISTS that it be read to him 4-5 times per day. Frequently, we will have just finished it and he reaches for it again. One of his first 7 words is pa-ka (Parker)...it is his first two-syllable word! I would teach him to say "Bird," but I think that would confuse him right now. :-) The pictures are wonderful! I particularly like the one of "Charlie Parker Played No Trombone" which shows Bird looking at a trombone and scratching his head. The words and sounds are wonderful and convey the feeling and flavor of "Be Bop." My son particularly loves the mysterious kitty... My son is now 13 months old and it's still his favorite book BY FAR! "Never leave your cat a-lone..."
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Summary: My musical 2 year old loves it!
Review: I saw this book on "Between the Lions" and I loved it, so I bought it. I figured my daughter (then about 18 months) wouldn't have any interest, but I'd keep it until she got older. Boy, was I wrong. She loves it. She loves looking at it by herself and she loves us to read it to her. I'm not a major jazz fan, but the book is impossible to read without feeling the rhythm. The illustrations are fun and the cat looks just like ours!
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Summary: My musical 2 year old loves it!
Review: I saw this book on "Between the Lions" and I loved it, so I bought it. I figured my daughter (then about 18 months) wouldn't have any interest, but I'd keep it until she got older. Boy, was I wrong. She loves it. She loves looking at it by herself and she loves us to read it to her. I'm not a major jazz fan, but the book is impossible to read without feeling the rhythm. The illustrations are fun and the cat looks just like ours!
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Summary: A must for a child's library
Review: Meant to be read out loud (change inflection as the fonts change), it has the "feel" of a jazz tune: statement, creative exposition, resolution. My girls (ages 3 and 5) make me read it over and over before bed. Good for beginning readers.
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Summary: Letters and Sounds
Review: My daughter is nearly three years old. She is just now learning her alphabet and the sounds of the letters. As we read Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, she points to each word. I feel it is a great asset in her learning. In addition, I have noticed that she plays with sound more, sings more, and yes... I've even seen her dancing to her own songs. Maybe it is simply an age thing, but I would give some credit to this wonderful book. It demonstrates the power of sound beyond the meaning of words. We find ourselves learning that skill unaware that it is being taught.
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