Angela Kucharski- "This Jazz Man"

“This Jazz Man” is by Karen Ehrhardt. The plot of the book has nine characters and each gets a page and a little description, that also rhymes which is always fun to kids! The characters that get included are a singer, tap dancer, conguero, pianist, saxophonist, drummer, trumpeter, stride pianist, and bassist. Each page talks a little about what the instrument does and at the end they all combine together to create a jazz band and create music. This book can teach kids a lot. First off it introduces kids to instruments and gives them an idea of what they do in the band. Also all of the musicians that are in the book are based off of real musicians! So at the end of the book it has descriptions of each musician with a little back story. This is important for kids to learn because not many kids learn about famous musicians so this could give them someone to listen to and explore or look up to.