About the Book In a daring attempt to capture the raw energy of Parkers music . . . Raschka (pens) a text thats as lean as a poem and as mean as a blues refrain (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Full-color illustrations. Book Synopsis Ever hear of Charlie Parker? The great jazz saxophone player? If you have or if you havent, its okay. Look at this board book and youll hear Charlie Parker; youll hear music in your mind. Be bop. Fisk, fisk. Lollipop. Boomba, boomba. Look. Thats Charlie swinging and spinning all over the pages. And thats Charlies cat, waiting, waiting for him to come home... About the Author Chris Raschka is the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator of A Ball for Daisy and The Hello, Goodbye Window . He is also the illustrator of Yo! Yes? (which won a Caldecott Honor), Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie , Charlie Parker Played Be Bop , and Farmy Farm . He lives with his wife and son in New York City.