My Family Plays Music (CORETTA SCOTT KING/JOHN STEPTOE AWARD FOR NEW TALENT ILLUSTRATOR (AWARDS)) - Hardcover

Cox, Judy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823415910 ISBN 13: 9780823415915

Publisher: Holiday House, 2003

Synopsis

Ping! Ping! Cha-cha-cha! In this lively introduction to different kinds of music, a little girl tries out lots of instruments so she can play with her whole family! She rings a triangle with her dad's string quartet, jingles a cowbell with her brother's rock band, and hits a woodblock with her aunt's jazz group! Festive and animated cut paper art helps the sounds of music to leap off the page in this award-winning primer on musical genres.

About this title

About the Author:

Judy Cox is a former elementary school teacher and the author of picture books such as Haunted House, Haunted Mouse and chapter books including Ukelele Hayley, a Bank Street College Best Book, and The Secret Chicken Society, which was nominated for four state awards and named a Best of the Best title by the Chicago Public Library. She lives in Oregon.

Elbrite Brown is an art teacher and children's book author.

From Booklist:

PreS-Gr. 1. This is a good year for books about music, including Aliki's Ah, Music! [BKL Je 1 & 15 03] and this charmer about a family of music makers. The young female narrator starts off describing a page of pictures of her family. "We all love music," she says, and the images include those of instruments as well as of musicians. Her mom plays fiddle in a country band, and the girl plays the tambourine. Her dad plays cello in a string quartet, and she plays the triangle. And so it goes throughout the family: her sister plays a clarinet in the marching band, and she plays the cymbals; her brother plays lead guitar in a rock-'n'-roll band; her grandma plays bluegrass banjo and her grandpa the polka tuba. The paper-cut illustrations vibrate with color and--almost--with sound. The multiracial family with its rainbow of skin tones is not only a lovely multicultural statement but also a vivid reflection of contemporary families and musical tastes. GraceAnne DeCandido
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About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0823415910
• ISBN 13: 9780823415915
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Brown Elbrite