Rogers' hip, playfully cartoonish spreads pop with clever visual allusions to jazz tunes and players. Onomatopoeic words will challenge readers and delight listeners. "I huz- huzz- huzzz a kazoo when I gets the mood," the young narrator exults. Rogers's pictures recall the delightful Hirschfeld tribute in the "Rhapsody in Blue" segment of Disney's "Fantasia 2000" - kicky lines and outlines in a whirl of motion. Ringing with exuberance and auditory delights, this second collaboration by world-renowned jazz musician and composer Wynton Marsalis and acclaimed illustrator Paul Rogers takes readers (and listeners) on a rollicking, clanging, clapping tour through the many sounds that fill a neighborhood. What's that sound? The back door squeeeaks open, sounding like a noisy mouse nearby - eeek, eeeek, eeeek! Big trucks on the highway rrrrrrrumble, just as hunger makes a tummy grrrrumble. The creators of Jazz ABZ are back for an encore! With infectious rhythm and rhyme, musical master Wynton Marsalis opens kids' ears to the sounds around us.
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