When a young girl dances with her mother to a Louis Armstrong record, she wonders about the nonsense words she hears him singing. "Scat?" she asks. "What's that?" The answer comes to her in her dreams, when the great Satchmo himself arrives to teach her how to sing about any old thing, even bubble gum! Coupled with colorful and explosive illustrations that perfectly capture the exuberance of jazz, this beautiful story is sure to inspire readers to sing out loud.

 

There are 36 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2009 by Chronicle Books .

J. Patrick Lewis is the Poetry Foundation's 2011-2013 Children's Poet Laureate. He is the award-winning author of more than 75 books for young people and lives in Westerville, Ohio. R. Gregory Christie lives in Brooklyn, New York.