Jazz

Myers, W. (2008). Jazz. Illus. Christoph Myers. New York, New York: Holiday House, Inc.

Annotation: This is a poem book compiled of 15 different poems. The poems depict the history of jazz as well as making the reading feel like they can hear the music by the beeps and bops that are in the book.

Genre: Children's Poetry (Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award 2007)

Grade Level: 2nd-5th

Readers who would like this: This is a good book for teachers to keep in their library, because it is a fun way of presenting poetry to students. A lot of kids are pursuing band the beginning of 5th grade, so it presents a way to show poetry in a different light than Romeo and Juliet.

Ratings/Response: I give this book a 4. I am not a huge fan of poetry, but the illustrations and unique structure of this poetry book is outstanding.

Question: Do you play an instrument?