Synopses & Reviews
"His music was as busy as a city street. There were train whistles in it, and football games and rowdy picnics and cars hurrying past. And all this music lived like a friend inside him, and he carried it with him wherever he went." After the attack and sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, the news "hung over the city of New York like smoke, and it tasted of war. When the news reached Mr. Ives…his heart stretched out across the ocean - out into a dreadful silence." American composer Charles Ives shaped the experience of this shocking news reaching NYC into a musical piece, which begins with a jumble of city noises, against which the thin strains of the hurdy-gurdy swell into the beautiful old hymn "In the Sweet By-and By." In spare text and tender art, this picture book reveals a composers conviction that everyday music can become associated with profound emotion - and can help heal a city. Young readers will understand that if they listen, music can be heard in the unlikeliest of places, from the happy chatter of a picnic to the commanding blare of a fire engine.
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"Unthreatening despite its subject matter, yet impressively moving."--Kirkus
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"Unthreatening despite its subject matter, yet impressively moving."
—Kirkus
"Stanbridge writes well for young children, with a straightforward bu absorbing text."
—New York Times Book Review
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"Unthreatening despite its subject matter, yet impressively moving."
and#8212;Kirkus
"Stanbridge writes well for young children, with a straightforward bu absorbing text."
and#8212;New York Times Book Review
"Stanbridge's work is its own curious, yet quietly inspired composition, a meditative ode to an artist."
and#8212;Publishers Weekly
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"It's an entertaining read for children and adults alike."
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"An imaginative fusion of finely tuned text and inventive illustrations."
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"The range of words explored is almost as vast as the world of music itself."
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A tender account of how Charles Ives came to compose the music that expressed the grief and shock of the whole city of New York after the sinking of the Lusitania.
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When the Lusitania was attacked in 1915, the American composer and New Yorker Charles Ives transformed the experience of this heartbreaking news into a musical piece. It begins with a jumble of traffic noises, then the hurdy-gurdy swells into the lovely old hymn and#8220;In the Sweet Bye-and-Bye.and#8221; In lyrical text and watercolorsand#8212;sometimes in dramatic wordless spreadsand#8212;this thoughtful picture book reveals not only a wartime tragedy, but a composerand#8217;s conviction that everyday music can convey profound emotionand#8212;and help heal a city. Young readers will understand that if they listen, music can be heard in the unlikeliest of places, from the busy chatter of a market to the wail of a fire engine.
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The honk of a car horn. The roar of a crowd. The hum of city streets. To some these sounds were noise, but to Charles Ives, they were a symphony. A businessman by day and a composer by night, the melody of everyday life was music to his ears.
When tragedy strikes, the world falls silent. Even Charles loses his music. Will he be able to find the sounds of hope in so much sadness and shape them into music that heals a city?
With spare text and tender illustrations, Joanne Stanbridge brings to life a shocking event in world history and reveals the beauty and power of artistic conviction.
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A festive celebration of all things musical!
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Music and the alphabet have always gone together. Don't kids learn their letters by singing the ABCs? But you've never seen--or
heard--a musical alphabet like this one. Beloved tunes. Unusual instruments. Legendary virtuosos. From anthems to zydeco, the language of music and the music of language harmonize in one superb symphony. It's a funky fusion for songsters of all ages!
Playful text opens up the world of music to the youngest readers, and conversational endnotes offer older readers a springboard to further musical explorations.
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Here are the life stories of such diverse figures as Vivaldi, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Nadia Boulanger, and Woody Guthrie. Readers will learn of both their musical natures and the personal, humorous characteristics that make their lives so fascinating. and#8220;Living, breathing anecdotes--the stuff of which the best biography is made.and#8221;--
Publishers WeeklyAbout the Author
Kathleen Krulland#160;has written muchand#160;innovative nonfiction for young people, including all of the books in the
Lives of . . . series, and has made a chatty, accessible approach to biography her hallmark. She lives in San Diego, California. Visit her website at
www.kathleenkrull.com