{"product_id":"bird-diz-isbn-9780763666606","title":"Bird \u0026 Diz","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning author and a Caldecott Medalist improvise a playful tribute to the creators of bebop—Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen sax player Charlie “Bird” Parker and trumpeter John “Dizzy” Gillespie make music together, they toss notes back and forth like a game of tag and chase each other with sounds. As Dizzy’s cheeks puff out like a frog with glasses, the two friends beep and bop and push each other to create a new kind of music—a thrilling fast jazz full of surprises. Blending a playful, rhythmic narration with expressive illustrations as fluid and dynamic as their subjects, this tribute to the masters of bebop by acclaimed biographer Gary Golio and beloved artist Ed Young will have readers hankering to listen for themselves.The book’s language and images are every bit as vibrant as the music they celebrate.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe free verse is arranged to conjure speed and playfulness, and the imagery is amusing, i.e., Dizzy’s puffy cheeks are compared to a frog’s. ... The ever-experimental Young uses gouache and bursts of orange and pink pastel strokes to form Gillespie and his hot trumpet, whereas Parker's saxophone sounds are rendered in greens and blues. ... Irresistible.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExuberant and gorgeous—like the music.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn impressionistic story of a “be-bop-a-skoodley” friendship comes together in the juxtaposition of a series of opposites—rendering and abstraction, saturation and resistance, darkness and light—reflecting the special partnership of two distinct musical legends.... The resulting combination of words and imagery introduces the unique players and captures the controlled, explosive frenzy of their musical collaboration.\u003cbr\u003e—Horn Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBebop has never been so beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e—BookPage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike saxophonist Parker and trumpeter Gillespie, author Golio and illustrator Young are each acclaimed artists in their own right. By bringing together their individual forms and styles of artistic expression, however, they contribute equally to the creation of a product with its unique meaning and synergy.\u003cbr\u003e—Literacy Daily\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis could indeed be an inspiring impetus for an artistic enterprise, but it’s also an informative introduction to two jazz greats.\u003cbr\u003e—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations flow through the text, depicting the music with abstract images. Bright colors are used throughout and serve to give readers an idea of the sound qualities of bebop music.\u003cbr\u003e—School library Connection\u003cb\u003eGary Golio \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of several best-selling and award-winning musical picture-book biographies, including \u003ci\u003eJimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow, When Bob Met Woody, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpirit Seeker: John Coltrane’s Musical Journey. \u003c\/i\u003eGary Golio lives in Hudson Valley, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Young  \u003c\/b\u003e(1931-2023) was the illustrator of more than one hundred books for children, many of which he also wrote. Among them is the Caldecott Medal winner \u003ci\u003eLon Po Po, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich he both wrote and illustrated, as well as \u003ci\u003eBird \u0026amp; Diz \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSmile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry)\u003c\/i\u003e, both by Gary Golio. Ed Young's artwork was inspired by the philosophy of Chinese painting.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300281700581,"sku":"NP9780763666606","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763666606.jpg?v=1767722639","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/bird-diz-isbn-9780763666606","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}