| Charlie Parker Played Be Bop Contributor(s): Raschka, Chris (Author), Raschka, Chris (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0531070956 ISBN-13: 9780531070956 Publisher: Scholastic Inc. OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1997 Annotation: "In a daring attempt to capture the raw energy of Parker's music . . . Raschka (pens) a text that's as lean as a poem and as mean as a blues refrain" ("Publishers Weekly", starred review). Full-color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Music - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | Music - Jazz |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 91038420 |
| Lexile Measure: 250 |
| Physical Information: 0.09" H x 8.54" W x 8.92" (0.25 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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... |