The children's book Charlie Parker Played Bebop by Chris Raschka is one of our favorites. It's basically a poem that in many instances imitates jazz rhythms with words. It allows for creativity with how you choose to read it and interpret the rhythm of the words. That's what makes it so much fun.
Here is a clip of "Bird" and Dizzy Gillespie. I always forget how much I love jazz until I come across something like this:
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