Pearl and Charlie…who are they really?
June 11th, 2008 by shar17Where exactly did Aaron Blabey find the inspiration for the names of his characters ‘Pearl Barley’ and ‘Charlie Parsley’?
Is he a fan of jazz?
Does he have a soft spot for the musical theatre of the 1950’s?
Mrs Mac’s Book Week page has the clues….will you be the first to work it out??
http://smclibrary.shaz.googlepages.com/bookweek2008/
Posted in Book Week 2008 | 3 Comments »
August 19th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
pearl is named after a singer and dacer and charlie is named after a famous jazz musician.
August 19th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
with the last names of the characters they are both types of food. i chose to comment on this book because i really like the illistrations and the story i think it is a great story and i could recommend it to almost anyone.
Stella
August 20th, 2008 at 1:48 am
pearl was named after Pearl Bailey from carmen jones and charlie was named after the jazz musician charlie parker.