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Mahin, Michael

Stalebread Charlie and the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band

40 pp. | Clarion | July, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-547-94201-8 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-547-94203-2
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Don Tate. Set in 1895 New Orleans, this fictionalized account of the instrument-making street kids who formed the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band is brought to life with bouncy, colloquial narration and brightly colored, super-cartoony illustrations. Author and illustrator notes with historical context about the orphans that comprised the real-life band fill in occasional gaps in the storytelling. Includes instructions on "how to zip-zee-zoo on a homemade kazoo."
Reviewer: Amy Seto Forrester

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