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Music, music for everyone Cover Image Book Book

Music, music for everyone / by Vera B. Williams.

Williams, Vera B. (Author).

Summary:

Rosa organizes her friends into the Oak Street Band in order to earn money her family needs because of her Grandma's illness ... Community, family and personal triumphs converge, making unforgettable music for everyone. And the money jar--in which the family saved their change to buy the big red chair and Rosa's accordion--is empty too. Leora, Mae, and Jenny often make music for Grandma. She says their playing makes her feel like a girl again, dancing at a party. And that is the beginning of Rosa's wonderful idea. A kaleidoscope of emotions--joy, sadness, merriment, and love--bursts from the pages of this exuberant book.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0688078117
  • ISBN: 9780688078119
  • Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Mulberry ed.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Mulberry Books, 1988.

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Target Audience Note:
AD 740 Lexile.

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Subject: Families > Fiction.
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Genre: Fiction.

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  • 6 of 6 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Danville-Center Twp PL - Danville JP Wil (Text) 32604000067973 J Picture Books Available -
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Morgan Co PL - Martinsville Main Library E WIL (Text) 78551000362075 Easy Collection Available -
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  • Baker & Taylor
    Rosa and her friends make music for Rosa's grandmother, who is ill and in bed, and her grandmother's response gives Rosa a wonderful idea
  • Baker & Taylor
    Rosa plays her accordion with her friends in the Oak Street Band and earns money to help her mother with expenses while her grandmother is sick.
  • HARPERCOLL

    A beautiful celebration of the power of music and of community—a companion book to the beloved Caldecott Honor picture book A Chair for My Mother.

    "Rosa organizes her friends into the Oak Street Band in order to earn money her family needs because of her grandma's illness. Community, family and personal triumphs converge, making unforgettable music for everyone." —School Library Journal

    "Visual references connect readers to earlier books about Rosa's three-generation family, while the theme here underscores the interrelationship of Rosa to her foremothers, her girl friends, and their neighborhood. Images rich in vitality are placed within superbly composed, bordered watercolor paintings to convey the spirit of the story as well as details of their daily living." —BCCB

    Vera B. Williams's beloved picture book favorites include:

    • "More More More," Said the Baby
    • Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
    • A Chair for Always
    • A Chair for My Mother
    • Cherries and Cherry Pits
    • Music, Music for Everyone
    • Something Special for Me
    • Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea
    • Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
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