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Charlie Parker Played Be Bop Paperback – Picture Book, August 1, 1997

by Chris Raschka (Author, Illustrator)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 250 ratings
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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...
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    1 - 5 years, from customers
  2. Print length
    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 2
  5. Lexile measure
    AD250L
  6. Dimensions
    9.25 x 0.25 x 9.25 inches
  7. Publisher
    Scholastic Inc.
  8. Publication date
    August 1, 1997
  9. ISBN-10
    0531070956
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0531070956
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Chris Raschka is the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator of A Ball for Daisy and The Hello, Goodbye Window. He is also the illustrator of Yo! Yes? (which won a Caldecott Honor), Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, and Farmy Farm. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Inc.; Reprint edition (August 1, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0531070956
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0531070956
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 - 5 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD250L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 0.25 x 9.25 inches
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    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 250 ratings

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Chris Raschka is the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator of A BALL FOR DAISY and THE HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW. He is also the illustrator of YO! YES? (which won a Caldecott Honor), SOURPUSS AND SWEETIE PIE, CHARLIE PARKER PLAYED BE BOP, and FARMY FARM. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.

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there are not many children's books that celebrate jazz, so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this book for sale. I play jazz music (parker, monk, coleman, coltrane, etc) for my daughter and I hope she will at least appreciate jazz if not love it when she is older. The book reads somewhat like a jazz rift with lots of sounds and perceptions. My daughter is only 5 months old but she smiles and swings her arms with delight as I read this to her. you definitely have to act out the sounds to get the full effect of the book. get this book for your little one!
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Courtney Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for Jazz Appreciation Month or Black History Month!
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
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Being an elementary music educator, I am always looking for ways to help my students make real world connections, and pictures books like Charlie Parker Played Be Bop help me achieve that.
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Natalia I. Flaherty
5.0 out of 5 stars Illustration and content
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2023
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I bought this book intentionally of illustrations, but the text feel of this book
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Jonathan Ober
5.0 out of 5 stars This book slaps
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2023
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If you are going to read Charlie Parker Played Be Bop you need to read it like you are swinging through a jazz club tooting your horn, stomping your feet, and bopping to the beat. It would be great if you could read this to students with a bit of a tune in your heart as you read over the words. This is one of our children's favorite books and one that their grandfather used to read to them when they were little.
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5.0 out of 5 stars my kid loves this book..
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2023
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my kid loves it because i sing it to her
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Olivia
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022
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Great book to teach kids that they can create their own melody out of any words.
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JBelle
5.0 out of 5 stars unique children's book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2019
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there are not many children's books that celebrate jazz, so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this book for sale. I play jazz music (parker, monk, coleman, coltrane, etc) for my daughter and I hope she will at least appreciate jazz if not love it when she is older. The book reads somewhat like a jazz rift with lots of sounds and perceptions. My daughter is only 5 months old but she smiles and swings her arms with delight as I read this to her. you definitely have to act out the sounds to get the full effect of the book. get this book for your little one!
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5.0 out of 5 stars unique children's book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2019
there are not many children's books that celebrate jazz, so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this book for sale. I play jazz music (parker, monk, coleman, coltrane, etc) for my daughter and I hope she will at least appreciate jazz if not love it when she is older. The book reads somewhat like a jazz rift with lots of sounds and perceptions. My daughter is only 5 months old but she smiles and swings her arms with delight as I read this to her. you definitely have to act out the sounds to get the full effect of the book. get this book for your little one!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Resource
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2008
This book introduces jazz to a young audience. It explores the sounds, rhythms, and emotions of the genre through colorful pictures and rhythmic words similar to the beat of "scat" singing.
Lots of the words are there just for the sound of them. By focusing on the sound words, students could develop spelling strategies that help them move from phonemes, the sounds they make, to graphemes, the written representations of those sounds.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this sound poem for kids
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2021
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One of our absolute favorite books. Don't listen to the reviews that say it's poorly written. They just don't get it. We read this book as a sound poem. It's fun, it gets stuck in your head in the best way. We quote it all the time, even if it doesn't make a lot of sense. Read it to your kiddo. Gift to friends :)
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School Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars So much, great intro to Bird!
Reviewed in Canada on October 17, 2020
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I had a great time reading this book to my elementary music classes and then playing some Be-Bop for them all.
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Lilly Rose
1.0 out of 5 stars WASTE OF MONEY!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2014
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I bought this as a Christmas present for my 3 1/2 yr old. It was extremely confusing for her and me! I was really hoping to have a good review especially after reading all the lovely ones but sadly not. Huge waste of money !
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happy user
5.0 out of 5 stars fun
Reviewed in Canada on July 1, 2019
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nice rhythm to the book. our kids love it.
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Matze
4.0 out of 5 stars Trau dich!
Reviewed in Germany on August 28, 2013
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Für Eltern, die wissen was Bebop ist und Spaß daran haben, sich von der rhythmisch, kecken und rätselhaften Sprache dieses kreativen Buches zu abendlichen Blödel-Sessions mit ihren 1- bis 3-Jährigen inspirieren zu lassen.
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W. S. Doran
1.0 out of 5 stars It was rubbish
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2013
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This was what I consider to be absolute rubbish.
It was a cardboard picture as shown on the right , and that was it !!
Not even a printed history of the great revolutionary man , who changed
the thinking of nearly every serious musician in Jazz and Classical music.
Disgusted Bill Doran
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