Miles the Crocodile Plays the Colors of Jazz [With Jazz CD]

This series is wonderful! Our two-year-old absolutely loves the Baby Loves Jazz series. We bought a few to start out, then ended up buying the whole set. Two months after acquiring them, she is still enamored and requests to listen to them and read them every day. Her favorites? Well, these are the words we hear most often: "Mommy, read Duck and Miles?" or "Daddy, listen to Duck and Miles?" Philly Joe is also high on the list. I recommend them all. The books stand out on their own, but the music is what makes this series really shine. For example, on Duck Ellington's CD, he does a great Monk style on one track, then switches to great impression of Coltrane's classic quartet on the next track, with a very nice McCoy Tyner impression. Lots of variety and high quality make this series worthwhile (though I could have done without Louis Lion's potty tune). Don't forget the Go Baby Go CD as well (a stand-alone CD without a book), which is perhaps a notch above the music on the book CDs. The ABC tune is her favorite on that one.

My husband and I absolutely love this series. It was made with adults in mind. It's not too kidish. We have the Miles the Crocodile, Charlie Bird, Ella Elephant, & Duck Ellington so far. We also have the Baby Loves Jazz CD (go baby go). It's great too. My 1 year old loves them all. We've been listening to them since he was about 8 months old. He listens to them every morning and night before bedtime. He's even started dancing to them. Now that he's a little older. He brings me the books and we read the little stories. I also dubbed these for my nieces who are 3 & 6. They really like them too. You can't go wrong with these books that come with the cd's. They are an excellent teaching tool as well as entertainment

The book is adorable and the CD is really fun. Such a great idea!

This book/CD set is a MUST for any music lover with a young child. My thirteen month old son loved it from the first listen, and so did I. Unlike other CD's geared to children, adults won't get bored with it. The accompanying book has terrific illustrations with text that matches the beginning of each color/song. A favorite illustration is Miles riding a motorcycle, his trumpet in a gig bag slung over his shoulder. A real treat for jazz enthusiasts. Looking forward to checking out the rest of the collection (Ella the Elephant, Charlie Bird, Duck Ellington). It's groovy, man, groovy!

This collection of books is great! I bought if for my nephew Miles (3 months)and my daughter Ella (18 months) ! The kids really like the books.