(Note: A copy of this book was provided to The Baby Bookworm by a representative of the author in exchange for an honest review.) Hello, friends! Our book today is Listen: How Pete Seeger Got America Singing, written by Leda Schubert and illustrated by Raúl Colón, the story of the noted folk singer and activist. … Continue reading Listen: How Pete Seeger Got America Singing (Leda Schubert)
Hello, everyone! Today's book is When The Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc And The Creation Of Hip Hop, written by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Theodore Taylor III, an awesome tale of a revolutionary musical innovator and his contribution to the birth of hip hop. Clive Campbell loved music of every kind, and … Continue reading When The Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc And The Creation Of Hip Hop (Laban Carrick Hill)
Hello friends! Our book today is The Story Orchestra: Four Seasons In One Day by Jessica Courtney-Tickle, and featuring the music (yes, music!) of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, telling the story of a little girl experiencing the change of the seasons. When Isabelle and her puppy Pickle set out in the morning, spring has sprung. … Continue reading The Story Orchestra: Four Seasons In One Day (Jessica Courtney-Tickle)
Hello, everyone! Today, we read The Bear And The Piano by David Litchfield, a gorgeous and touching fable about the courage it takes to leave home, and the courage it can take to return. A young bear, wandering through the woods of his home, finds a piano in a clearing. It's large and wooden and … Continue reading The Bear And The Piano (David Litchfield)
Hello friends! Today, we read Ketzel, The Cat Who Composed, written by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Amy June Bates. This is a charming tale, based on a true story, of a very special cat. Moshe is a composer, and spends every day listening outside of himself, and inside of himself, to the sounds that … Continue reading Ketzel, The Cat Who Composed (Lesléa Newman)
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