The Jazz Fly (Jazz Fly series)

This book is so much fun. The story is imaginative and the music is very catchy. My students love it so much , they ask for it every time we work together. I highly recommend this book .

This book is so much fun! My son loves to listen to the cd and read along but we have a lot of fun reading it out loud at bed time too. It has a great rhythm to it so it's easy to get into. Very cute and fun story.

Grandma purchased this as a gift for my almost 3 year old and it's quite a hit! He loves the book, but the audio CD is a real treat! If it were up to him, we'd listen to nothing but The Jazz Fly CD over and over again whenever we're in the car! He sings along, and has decided he'd like to share his love of the book with his friends and has asked for permission from his teacher to bring it in to school next week! We'll definitely buy The Jazz Fly 2 at some point in the not-so-far future!

My little granddaughter loves to read and loves Jazz so what better gift to get her on the special occasion of her kindergarten graduation than a copy of The Jazz Fly. She absolutely loves the catchy, rhythmic flow of the story of the fly who "speaks jazz" and the other animals have difficulty understanding him. The accompanying CD makes the story really come to life as we listen the author reading along with the musical instruments. This is an enjoyable book for children and grandmothers alike!

As a music teacher of PreK - 8th, I will admit I think I love The Jazz Fly as much, if not more, than my kids! My littlest students love the scat phrases, and it’s a great introduction to the jazz units I present later in middle school. The illustrations are beautiful, as well.

The illustrations are great and the audio CD had my kids (2 years to 7) dancing with joy. Great book!

I use this story to introduce Jazz music to my elementary music students and they LOVE it!!! Truth is, I love it too. It has a story that is easy to follow, Great illustrations, references different instruments, and has that great catchy line that the kids say all together! I'm so grateful for the CD cause I wouldn't know how to say a lot of those jazzy words. The CD also has Jazz music before and after the story. The intro music we discuss what we hear and the music after the story we dance! Great for the classroom or home!

Love it! Absolute hit with my elementary music classes!

Great music great book Job well done

Za-baza,Boo-zaba,Zee-zah Ro-ni? Zs-baza,Boo-zaba,Zee-zah Ro-ni? Swish zoom zoppety-boop RRBIT,RRIBIT! ZOPPEDY-dome bang OINK!OINK! Swish-zab zapa zapa HEE-HAWE-HEE! こんな楽しい歌詞がストーリーの合間に 低いトロンボーンの音と共に・・・ ジャズの軽快なリズムに合わせて ハエ達が繰り広げる 楽しい世界に。 とても素晴らしい軽いジャズの音楽に 誰でも心が浮き浮きします。 ベンジャミン・フランクリン賞受賞作品 これ 本当に本当に いいです！！！

Great story and very catchy jazz. I used it with K-Gr 5. Kids all loved it.

I bambini amano ascoltare la storia e la musica!

Wonderful music and story.