When Louis Armstrong taught me scat

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Title:

When Louis Armstrong taught me scat

Author:

Weinstein, Muriel Harris, author.

Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.

Summary:

After dancing to music on the radio before she goes to bed, a young girl learns how to sing scat when Louis Armstrong comes to her in a dream. Includes facts about Louis Armstrong and scat singing.

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Genre:

Picture books.

Personal Subject:

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971-Juvenile fiction.

Subject Term:

Jazz -- Juvenile fiction.

Singing -- Juvenile fiction.

African Americans -- Juvenile fiction

Author(s):

Christie, R. Gregory, 1971-

Publisher:

Chronicle Books,

Publication Date:

2008

ISBN:

9780811851312

Publication Information:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2008.

Call Number:

P WEINSTE

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In a CRACKITY-SNAPPITY-POPPITY-POP bubblegum dream, a young girl learns to scat from the master himself, Louis Armstrong! Written in prose and scat with wild and wonderful illustrations by R. Gregory Christie, this joyful tribute is downright contagious. CHEW-ITEE CHEW-ITEE CHEW-ITEE CHOP, CRACKITY SNAPPITY POPPITY POP!

Author Notes

A former elementary school teacher, Muriel Harris Weinstein has taught children's poetry, prose, and playwriting at the United Nations School and the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts. She lives in Great Neck, New York.

R. Gregory Christie is a three-time recipient of a Coretta Scott King Award in Illustration, and two of his books, Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth and Stars in Darkness, were named New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

With the synergy of a veteran jazz duo, debut author Weinstein and Christie (Jazz Baby) pay rollicking tribute to Satchmo and the singing style he popularized. Freewheeling verbal and visual riffs elevate the simple plot: after a mother and daughter dance to the radio before bedtime ("We spin an' twirl around, waggle our heads an' wiggle our hips"), the girl learns to sing scat-about her bubble gum-when Armstrong visits her in a dream. "Rippety wrapper/ glittery new/ pinkety sweet/ stickety chew." Children can both giggle at the bouncy non sequiturs ("Cricket's throne/ puppy's bone/ bug's umbrella/ mozzarella???") and absorb some musical history from endnotes on Armstrong and scat. Christie's vibrant acrylics offer a pleasing, surreal fluidity. Floating purple trumpets, a winding musical staff and appearances by some hep-looking animals all jell with the anything-goes nature of the subject. Ages 5-9. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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