Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, Chris Raschka [children's book]

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Charlie Parker Played Be Bop

Chris Raschka
Orchard, 1997 (first published in 1992)
Paperback. 32pp. colour illustrations. 175mm x 287mm
£5.99

A colourful attempt to capture the raw energy of Charlie Parker's music, using snappy word play and rhythmic scat.
[READING AGE 3-6]
An ALA Notable Children's Book; A Publishers Weekly Year's Best Book; An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.

CHRIS RASCHKA is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book Yo! Yes?, and also Elizabeth Imagined an Iceberg and Can't Sleep.

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