My Family Plays Music

A young girl tries out different genres and instruments in this exuberant celebration of music, winner of the Coretta Scott King New Talent Award--now available in a special anniversary edition.

This is my family. We all love music, begins a young percussionist. When she plays with her father, a cellist, she taps the triangle. With her sister's marching band, she crashes cymbals together. At her aunt's jazz show, she taps a woodblock.

Elbrite Brown's lively cut-paper illustrations, for which he was awarded the Coretta Scott King New Talent Award, depict this diverse, joyous family dancing, strumming, drumming and fiddling their way through a tour of major musical styles--everything from classical string quartets, to rock and roll, to the youngest niece banging on pots and pans. They love music--and most of all, they love to celebrate and play it together.

Includes a glossary covering types of music and instruments mentioned.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 11/20/2018
ISBN: 9780823440399
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.10w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2018 pg. 113
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average