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Who Bop?
Hip hares and cool cats dance to the swinging music of Jazz-bo's saxophone.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published February 16, 2000
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Jonathan London
193 books198 followersJonathan London is the author of several celebrated children's books. His commitment to honoring the wonders of the natural world has been lauded by readers and critics alike. He is the author of more than 70 children's books, many of which are about nature. He's also the author of the popular Froggy series. He lives in Graton, California with his wife and two sons.
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Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 reviews
February 9, 2017
Another very clever musical book. This is the story about a animal sock hop. Very lyrically told. Loved this one.
November 18, 2014
This is a great poem book. It is way cute and has a fun jazzy feel to it. The colors are very dark with bright pop of colors. The poem has a repeating line which may be fun for children. It is a little tongue twister if you try to read it at a fast paste but is stil a very cool poem. I absolutely loved it, and I am not a poem reader nor do I love reading poems but this one was good!
October 6, 2019
I'm not a fan of this one. The rhymes weren't great, as a read aloud it is less than successful and feels a little like cultural appropriation with this style of music being moved into the realm of animals. That last may be an overreaction on my part, but it just left a bad taste in my mouth.
February 13, 2024
London Odyssey #85
85 London books and this one again seems more focussed on the parent than the child, with lots of older terms used in a jazz like book, even some parents would not understand all the archaic terminology.
85 London books and this one again seems more focussed on the parent than the child, with lots of older terms used in a jazz like book, even some parents would not understand all the archaic terminology.
October 13, 2009
Genre: fiction, picture book
Topic: sock hop, jazz music, dance, instrument playing
Theme: enjoying music, jazz bands
Illustrations: The illustrations are very colorful and lively. They work well with the text to create a jazz rhythm in the pages of the book. The illustrations are fun and playful.
Reading Level: Advanced early
Use: Read aloud, independent reading, guided reading
Literary Elements: Repetition, onomatopoeia, rhyming
Thoughts:
Who Bop is a sock hop in the pages of a book. The words and the illustrations work together to create the effects of a swinging, jazz band. The book should make children want to get up and dance after hearing the story.
This would be a good book for an advanced early/early transitional reader. The text moves around on the page (to create that movement through the story) and the text is colored words on dark background. The words, however, are all one or two syllables and the majority are high frequency words. The illustrations are highly supportive of the text. The words repeat frequently and many of the words on the pages rhyme. There are multiple lines of text on each page, but, again, the majority of the words repeat from page to page.
No lions are lying down with the lambs today, no sir! They're bopping to the swingin' sax sounds of that cool cat Jazz-Bo!
HIP DE-DIP
and HOP HOP HOP,
we like to bo-bip
and do-wop the bop.
We be boppin',
Hip-hop hoppin'.
There ain't no stoppin'
'til we be FLOPPIN'.
Grab your partner and your bobby socks and come on down to the sock hop. Join doodle-wopping frogs and swooping looping loons in the hip-hop-happen'est dance--and book--in town! Jonathan London's rhythmic text could only be called music, and Henry Cole's shakin' snakes, hoppin' hares, and piano-pounding pooches positively beckon readers to join in the fun. It goes without saying that this book absolutely must be read aloud, preferably in a room with all the furniture pushed against the walls and the carpets rolled up. "Hip-hop DOODLE-WOP--let's go!"
Topic: sock hop, jazz music, dance, instrument playing
Theme: enjoying music, jazz bands
Illustrations: The illustrations are very colorful and lively. They work well with the text to create a jazz rhythm in the pages of the book. The illustrations are fun and playful.
Reading Level: Advanced early
Use: Read aloud, independent reading, guided reading
Literary Elements: Repetition, onomatopoeia, rhyming
Thoughts:
Who Bop is a sock hop in the pages of a book. The words and the illustrations work together to create the effects of a swinging, jazz band. The book should make children want to get up and dance after hearing the story.
This would be a good book for an advanced early/early transitional reader. The text moves around on the page (to create that movement through the story) and the text is colored words on dark background. The words, however, are all one or two syllables and the majority are high frequency words. The illustrations are highly supportive of the text. The words repeat frequently and many of the words on the pages rhyme. There are multiple lines of text on each page, but, again, the majority of the words repeat from page to page.
No lions are lying down with the lambs today, no sir! They're bopping to the swingin' sax sounds of that cool cat Jazz-Bo!
HIP DE-DIP
and HOP HOP HOP,
we like to bo-bip
and do-wop the bop.
We be boppin',
Hip-hop hoppin'.
There ain't no stoppin'
'til we be FLOPPIN'.
Grab your partner and your bobby socks and come on down to the sock hop. Join doodle-wopping frogs and swooping looping loons in the hip-hop-happen'est dance--and book--in town! Jonathan London's rhythmic text could only be called music, and Henry Cole's shakin' snakes, hoppin' hares, and piano-pounding pooches positively beckon readers to join in the fun. It goes without saying that this book absolutely must be read aloud, preferably in a room with all the furniture pushed against the walls and the carpets rolled up. "Hip-hop DOODLE-WOP--let's go!"
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April 29, 2009Genre: Picture Book
Age Level: Early/transitional. very repetitive, and easy to pick up
World View: all animals so it is hard to put a label on the world view using race. the most fitting title would be underground music, a view of the nightlife, and not a white, middle class, society.
Theme: jazz/bebop and music
Literary Elements: spacing and organization of the lines are all over the page, fitting the jumpin' jazz theme. Experiments with capitalization as well to accentuate the "louder" parts of speech in the book.
In the Classroom: great for making a song fitting to a classroom theme, and creating a theme fitting to music.
Illustrations: dark but jovial, suiting to the text that dances the pages, and true to the time when bebop was happenin'!
Age Level: Early/transitional. very repetitive, and easy to pick up
World View: all animals so it is hard to put a label on the world view using race. the most fitting title would be underground music, a view of the nightlife, and not a white, middle class, society.
Theme: jazz/bebop and music
Literary Elements: spacing and organization of the lines are all over the page, fitting the jumpin' jazz theme. Experiments with capitalization as well to accentuate the "louder" parts of speech in the book.
In the Classroom: great for making a song fitting to a classroom theme, and creating a theme fitting to music.
Illustrations: dark but jovial, suiting to the text that dances the pages, and true to the time when bebop was happenin'!
September 19, 2014
This book is jammin with lots of illustrations and animals of all types that rock to the beat of a different set of drums. Even the sheep thrash with the lion. How different and cool is THAT? Kids' books rock!
June 23, 2008
It was just okay. The rhyme seemed to be forced, and the meter was inconsistent.
August 29, 2010
Beautiful illustrations, text is song- like, perfect for Jazz.
March 20, 2013
I liked the book. The jazz story was fun. That was a fun book
March 7, 2016
Skit-skatting our way through a jazz band at a sock hop.
Very fun illustrations.
Very fun illustrations.
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