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.
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.
That's Charlie swinging and spinning all over the pages.
And that's Charlie's cat, waiting, waiting for him to come home.