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Jazz Baby
Honor Book:Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss) -Children's Literature (2008)
Recommended:Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -Up to Seven (2008)
With a simple clap of hands, an itty-bitty beboppin' baby gets his whole family singing and dancing. Sister's hands snap. Granny sings scat. Uncle soft-shoes--and Baby keeps the groove. Things start to wind down when Mama and Daddy sing blues so sweet. Now a perfectly drowsy baby sleeps deep, deep, deep.
Lisa Wheeler and R. Gregory Christie pair up for a celebration of music, imagination, and big families--but they know that even a jazz baby needs to snooze. Oh yeah.
Book Details
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Publish Date: Nov 1st, 2007
- Pages: 40
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 10.35in - 10.18in - 0.35in - 0.91lb
- EAN: 9780152025229
- Recommended age: 04-07
- Categories: • Performing Arts - Music• Family - New Baby• Family - Multigenerational
About the Author
Christie, R. Gregory: - R. GREGORY CHRISTIE has illustrated many books for young readers, among them three Coretta Scott King Honors: The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African Amercian Children, Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, and Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth, which also was named a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Books of the Year, along with Stars in the Darkness. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Wheeler, Lisa: - LISA WHEELER is the author of several award-winning picture books, including Sixteen Cows, One Dark Night, and Mammoths On the Move, which received a Parent's Choice Recommended Award. She lives near Detroit, Michigan. www.lisawheelerbooks.com
Praise for this book
* To the contagious rhythm of the text, Baby and his extended family members be-bop and hip-hop, and generally make jazzy music. "Brother's hands tap./Sister's hands snap./Itty-bitty Baby's hands/CLAP-CLAP-CLAP!" Meanwhile, the youngster is passed from arm to arm, bouncing and bopping, smiling and waving, until-worn out-he allows himself to be tucked into his crib. Against stark white pages, Christie's paintings in sepia/ochre tones highlighted with brighter shades of green, blue, violet, and red add to the happy, hoppin' scene. The stylized African Americans with happy, expressive faces, outlined in free-form black line, dance and sway across the pages along with the words (in large and supersize font). Read aloud with a strong emphasis on the beat and a little body movement, too, this lively poetic piece will charm many a little person and provide a joyful musical experience for readers, as well. (starred review) -- "School Library Journal " (1/1/2008 12:00:00 AM)
* Wheeler's verse scans beautifully and begs to be read aloud--danced to, even--making this a fine choice for preschool and kindergarten story times. Christie's bold, double-paged gouache compositions locate this colorfully garbed, expressively hip family within an equally vibrant community. . . . Exultant and infectious, from the red-and-yellow-striped endpapers to the final 'OH YEAH! (starred review)-- "Kirkus Reviews" (10/15/2007 12:00:00 AM)