Brundibar

From the legendary imagination of Maurice Sendak--creator of beloved classic Where the Wild Things Are--comes a classic tale of children cleverly overcoming a bully, retold by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner.

Brundibar is based on a 1938 Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp. When Aninku and Pepicek discover one morning that their mother is sick, they rush to town for milk to make her better. Their attempt to earn money by singing is thwarted by a bullying, bellowing hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, who tyrannizes the town square and chases all other street musicians away. Befriended by three intelligent talking animals and three hundred helpful schoolkids, brother and sister sing for the money to buy the milk, defeat the bully, and triumphantly return home.

"An ambitious picture book that succeeds both as a simple children's story and as a compelling statement against tyranny." --School Library Journal

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 11/01/2003
ISBN: 9780786809042
Pages: 56
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.00w x 0.70d
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Notable

Review Citations: BookPage 10/01/2003 pg. 30
Publishers Weekly 11/03/2003 pg. 72
Kirkus Review - Children 11/01/2003 pg. 1312
Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2003 pg. 1404
Booklist 11/15/2003 pg. 602
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2003 pg. 155
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2004 pg. 69
School Library Journal 12/01/2003 pg. 118
New York Times 11/16/2003 pg. 22
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2004 pg. 48
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 48 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 48 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 75973 / Brundibar
Reading Level: 3.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5