![]() ![]() ![]() But then I used spellcheck just to make sure.įavourite random word in the book: Overshoes. ![]() Reading Ages: Pre-school – the younger the better.ĭo I feel cooler for having read this book? indubitably.ĭid I spell indubitably properly the first time without spellcheck? Why yes, I did. For parents, grandparents and caregivers with young children ages 3-6. I like imagining growly jazztime voices whispering, Never leave your cat alone.Īccording to the fly-leaf, Raschka is a violist (and therefore cool) who was inspired to write this book after hearing a recording of “A Night in Tunisia”, the “so-called be bop anthem, which Charlie Parker helped make famous.” I am listening to its immediately recognizable hook right now (thank you, YouTube) and alls I gotta say is: get your kid, read them this book, and play them some Bird…stat. Charlie Parker Played be Bop by Chris Raschka, published by Orchard Paperbacks. I like this book: the bright colours, the deliberate use of fonts, the visual parades of random sounds (lollipop boomba boomba), the artist’s many angles of Parker (upside-down and sideways), and the way that it actually makes me think of beBOP BEbop bop bop. Charlie Parker Charlie Parker Charlie Parker! Chris Raschka dances sounds across the pages of this rhythmic picture book and I had his rhymes in my head the whole way home from the library… ![]()
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