The Jazz Fly: Starring the Jazz Bugs [With CD] (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781889910178)

This Indie Next #1 Recommended book, and Benjamin Franklin Book Award winner, celebrates language and the inventive spirit of jazz: "ZA-baza, BOO-zaba, ZEE-za RO-ni!" The book includes 3 listening options: a QR code, audio CD, and FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD featuring Gollub's MUST HEAR narration set to a jazz quartet. To listen as you read along (highly recommended), use the QR code, FREE audio download or traditional CD. All 3 listening options come with the book! The fly, who speaks jazz, asks which way to town. "Rrribit," replies the frog. "Oink," says the hog. Although baffled, the fly hears music in their words, and that evening he uses the animal sounds to set the insect dinner club a hoppin.' The computer enhanced artwork of Karen Hanke perfectly complements the text and audio. Get ready to tap, snap, and swing to the beat as Nancy the Gnat, Willie the Worm, and Sammy the Centipede take the stage. Here's a combination of storytelling, visual art, and music for children to savor time and again. The story has been performed by professionals and by children on three continents! Other honors include: Writer's Digest National Self-Published Book Award Winner * Smithsonian's Notable Books for Children * San Francisco Chronicle Editors' Picks.

Author: Matthew Gollub
ISBN-10: 1889910171
ISBN-13: 9781889910178
Publisher: Tortuga Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2000
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.62h x 10.60w x 0.41d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 53217 / Jazz Fly


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/20/2000 pg. 90
Booklist 08/01/2000 pg. 2146
School Library Journal 08/01/2000 pg. 155
School Library Journal 08/04/2000