Parks made a slight comeback in 1984 with the album "Jump!", which featured songs adapted from the stories of Uncle Remus and Br'er Rabbit. The album exhibits a Broadway-style reduced orchestra with Americana additions, such as banjo, mandolin, and steel drums. Parks composed the album but did not arrange or produce it. Martin Kibbee contributed to the lyrics. Following up on the album, Parks wrote a series of children's books—"Jump" (with Malcolm Jones), "Jump Again", and "Jump On Over"—based on the Br'er Rabbit tales, illustrated by Barry Moser, and loosely accompanied by Parks's own album "Jump!". The books contain sheet music for selected songs from the album. Parks also published a book called "Fisherman & His Wife" in 1991, which came packaged with a cassette.