Bird & Diz
by Gary Golio and Ed Young
A picture book about jazz artists Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie is as spirited... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Jazz musicians
- Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Jazz
- Picture books for children
- Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955--Juvenile literature
- Parker, Charlie
- Bop (Music)--History
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993--Juvenile literature
- Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955--Pictorial works
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Gillespie, Dizzy
- Bop (Music)
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955
- History
- United States
- Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993--Pictorial works
- African Americans--Biography
- Bop (Music)--History and criticism--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- Picture Books for Older Children & Teens
- African American Experience
Our Original Resources 5

Meet-the-Author Movie with Ed Young
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Ed Young
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Gary Golio
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Customizable Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 1
Nonfiction Read and Respond Customizable Lesson
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2019
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2019
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Emergent Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2019
Selection, 2015
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