Georgia Music - Hardcover

Griffith, Helen V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688060722 ISBN 13: 9780688060725

Publisher: Greenwillow, 1986

Synopsis

A little girl and her grandfather share two different kinds of music, that of his mouth organ and that of the birds and insects around his cabin.

About this title

About the Author:

Helen V. Griffith is the author of many award-winning books for children, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book Georgia Music, illustrated by James Stevenson, and the ALA Notable Books Grandaddy and Janetta, Grandaddy’s Place, and Grandaddy’s Stars (all illustrated by James Stevenson). Helen Griffith lives in Wilmington, Delaware.

From Publishers Weekly:

An old man lives by himself in a cabin in Georgia; in the summer he works in his garden. One summer his granddaughter comes for a long visit: "The old man never said how he felt about that, but he didn't seem to mind." They worked together in the mornings, but at noon, "It was so quiet they could hear the leaves touching each other, and the bumblebees bumbling, and the crickets and grasshoppers whirring and scratching." At night, he plays songs on the mouth organ. When he gets too old to live in the cabin, he goes North to live with the girl and her mother. He's sad, but the little girl, on the mouth organ, recreates the songs he once played at night and the noise of the cricket chirps and tree-frog trills, bringing the Georgia music back for them both. This is a lovely, lyrical story, told with sensitivity; Stevenson's illustrations capture the stoical character of the old man, whether he is hoeing in a straw hat and suspenders or in a sweater and tie, shoulders a little more slumped, staring at the city lights. The sunset-hued watercolors beautifully evoke the sights and sounds of a hot Georgia summer.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0688060722
• ISBN 13: 9780688060725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Stevenson James