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Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
The beloved best-seller by award-winning illustrator Chris Raschka, author and illustrator of YO! YES?, is now in board book format for young children.
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. Bo...more
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. Bo...more
Board Book, 14 pages
Published
March 1st 2004
by Orchard
(first published 1992)
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Book type: Picture storybook
Intended audience: three year olds to five year olds. Preschool.
The first time I read this book I was completely unimpressed. I saw this, but then I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. I gave someone a pile of fifty biographies for children in the age range of 4-8 years old. Two weeks later, that person, too, asked me the name of this book. I never even knew that there was a picture book genre about music. I'm glad there is. I think it would be fun to...more
Intended audience: three year olds to five year olds. Preschool.
The first time I read this book I was completely unimpressed. I saw this, but then I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. I gave someone a pile of fifty biographies for children in the age range of 4-8 years old. Two weeks later, that person, too, asked me the name of this book. I never even knew that there was a picture book genre about music. I'm glad there is. I think it would be fun to...more
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I've tried to do this one for storytime and didn't get the hang of the scat, but it has been recommended to me for laptime so I think I will try again. I have a lot more hope for it for laptime because babies will appreciate the sound and not be looking for meaning in the nonsensically language. Also, I'm going to have to pick up a copy with the CD because I think that will help loads.
Edit: *Sigh* I had hoped this book would make sense to me with the CD, it didn't. The CD goes through the book o...more
Edit: *Sigh* I had hoped this book would make sense to me with the CD, it didn't. The CD goes through the book o...more
This picture book about saxophonist Charlie Parker simply must be read along with musical accompaniment--in order for readers and listeners to hear the beats that play out across the book's pages as well as in order to appreciate the musician's genius. As birds and objects move to the rhythm of his sounds, his faithful cat waits patiently at home. The cat looks positively sulky and put upon by the time the final illustration is in place. The sounds are fun to say and hear, and this book is likel...more
Great paintings of Parker with music spiraling inside him, coming up and out of his saxaphone and filling the air. At moments the conceptual nature of the book seems to come undone. However, the whimsical appearance of birds adopting all kinds of different poses and disguises and the brooding cat don't so much play out a storyline as give the feeling of Parker's playing - any attempt to turn this linear will be frustrating and make the book a disappointment. I can see how reading this out loud w...more
This book is even better when read along with the CD. On the CD, Raschka provides a brief, but informative, background on Parker, jazz/bebop, the style of the oral reading and of the text. The CD also includes an original recording of "A Night in Tunisia" by Parker, Mingus, Gillespie, et al.
Fun, fun, fun - great use for storytime or to inspire writing and creative thinking. I plan to use the book and CD in April for Jazz Appreciation Month/Poetry Month. I will definitely purchase it for my nephe...more
Fun, fun, fun - great use for storytime or to inspire writing and creative thinking. I plan to use the book and CD in April for Jazz Appreciation Month/Poetry Month. I will definitely purchase it for my nephe...more
I just discovered this book, and I wish I had known of it earlier! Loved it! I read along as I listened to the audio CD the author released in 2000 with jazz vocalist Richard Allen (Live Oak Media—a different ISBN for some reason, which was illegible on the library CD). The audio recording really helps to fully appreciate the book, unless you have a natural sense of be bop jazz and scat singing. This genre works best when background information is included, and since the edition I read had none,...more
There are a few books that I find myself buying over and over again. I always end up giving away my copy, or thinking of another person who *needs* to have it. Charlie Parker Played Be Bop is definitely in that category.
On the surface, Chris Raschka's illustrations are so full of color and whimsy that you want to linger on each page a moment, just to breathe it in. But beyond that, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop is one of those rare books that can actually make you feel what the author is describi...more
On the surface, Chris Raschka's illustrations are so full of color and whimsy that you want to linger on each page a moment, just to breathe it in. But beyond that, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop is one of those rare books that can actually make you feel what the author is describi...more
Oct 12, 2011
Emilie Morris
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Why this book?: To add depth to collection
Genre: Biography, Historical Fiction
Theme/Keywords: Jazz, Charlie Parker, Scat, Be Bop
Special Features: Some books come with CD that help kids understand rhythm and scat.
Characteristics of quality: Great for young children--rhythm and scat explored in the text.
Gender of primary character: Male
Race/ethnicity of primary character: African-American
Open Ended Question: Can you make music like he did? How?
Genre: Biography, Historical Fiction
Theme/Keywords: Jazz, Charlie Parker, Scat, Be Bop
Special Features: Some books come with CD that help kids understand rhythm and scat.
Characteristics of quality: Great for young children--rhythm and scat explored in the text.
Gender of primary character: Male
Race/ethnicity of primary character: African-American
Open Ended Question: Can you make music like he did? How?
This one grew on me over time. The first time I read it I was...just confused. What does the cat have to do with anything? Lollipops? Whaaat? I figured it was just because I don't really know much about Charlie Parker or jazz in general. But anyway, after hearing it read aloud several times, I started to really enjoy it. It's fun to get kids repeating the lines after you--there really is a great rhythm to it.
I still don't trust that cat though...
I still don't trust that cat though...
I love this book because it is like a song or a rhythm that I believe can hook and inspire all students. This book is included in the collection of African American literature. This book would be a great read aloud because the text is very simple and the students can easily pick up the lines. Also, this is a great book for teaching sound recognition. This is also a great book to integrate music and literature and to teach the writers craft of repetition.
This book is weird, but that's why I like it!! I feel that this book comes with some type of song to make following the eccentric pages easier to follow I just wish I knew where to find it. I can tell that it goes with a jazz themed song because of the jazz player playing the sax on the cover so it would be very interesting being read this book again with a saxophone following the words.
This was not one of my favorite books. I didn't enjoy the randomness at all, and I eventually forgot what I was reading. Chris Raschka is known for writing quirky stories, but this was something that I wouldn't read in class. However, it could be used for a thematic lesson on music, and students can discuss the different instruments in the book.
My mom used to read this book to me and my brother. We would sit on her lap, and whenever she read the "Charlie Parker played be bop" line, she would bounce her knees along with the "be bop" part. My brother and I would break up in laughter. Good times!
This isn't more than just a primer to what be-bop sounds like, or who Charlie Parker was, but it could be really useful in a lesson about sounds and language. I would use it in a lesson about onomotopoeia, rhyme, or about words that create sounds.
this is probably one of my favorite all-time books to read to my children. it has been a favorite around our house for years, and to all of my children. the playful, nonsensical narrative echoes the phrasing, rhythm, and playfulness of charlie parker's music -- or any bebop for that matter. this book is a wonderful early tool for nurturing music appreciation, individuality, creativity, humor, and general silliness. the artwork beautifully complements the narrative, which, i meant to add, absolut...more
I really couldn't connect with this book, and I LOVE jazz. I'm sure if it's read right, it'll be a great book. But I tried reading it several times and I just wasn't getting it. It made no sense to me.
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Chris Raschka provides children a sense of jazz music without playing a note. Raschka captures another side of Charlie Parker when Parker is pictured looking at a trombone and scratching his head.
This is one of my favorite books. I read it to my daughter while she was in the womb. The text is written in a way that prompts the reader to say it aloud and to vocalize musically with it.
Story of Charlie Parker and the music he made. Would need to give background knowledge of him and his music because some children may not get the references to the sounds in it.
This is a favorite of my 2-year-old grandson, and I finally had a chance to read it. I can see why the combination of rhythm and rhyme is so appealing!
I heard another Music educator read this at a conference and bought it. I just can't seem to really get into the patter of reading it to my classes.
This book is entirely amazing. Raschka's poetry inspires every time I read this book to my little one. We actually recite lines from it all the time!
a book that shows children how music sounds in letters/words. its a jazz musician that is singing a song about a cat.
Apr 02, 2013
Jenna McRae
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This book could be used in a music lesson. It's a very simple and fast read. The words that are used flow and rhyme.
One of my son's favorite books. We've been reading this to him since day one. The rhythm of the writing is fantastic.
Absolutely phenomenal - the audiobook is a must-have, brilliantly read / performed by Richard Allen.
Fun and easy read about music and Charlie Parker. Ideal for pre-kindergarten through first grade.
Nice short story with fun rhythms and echo back words. In my box for my Rhythm and Music storytime.
My brother discovered you could "sing" this aloud in a be-boppy way. Great rhythms.
Took me one reading to figure out, but is a great example of the style and zaniness of be bop.
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"I always try to treat the book itself as the artwork," Chris Raschka says. "I don't want you to stop while you're reading one of my books and say, 'Oh! What a gorgeous illustration!' I want you to stop at the end of the book and say, 'This is a good book.' "
Chris Raschka is one of those people who knew from an early age what he wanted to be when he grew up. "It was never a question in my mind,"...more
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