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Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay

Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay

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Availability:In StockContributor:Susan Hood, Sally Wern Comport (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2016-05-03Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9781481430951ISBN-10:1481430955UPC:9781481430951Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:People & Places, MusicBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin America, Classical, InstrumentsSize:10.20 x 10.30 x 0.40 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCKPW73MWN
From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash.

Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on a landfill. She dreamed of playing the violin, but with little money for anything but the bare essentials, it was never an option...until a music teacher named Favio Chávez arrived. He wanted to give the children of Cateura something special, so he made them instruments out of materials found in the trash. It was a crazy idea, but one that would leave Ada--and her town--forever changed. Now, the Recycled Orchestra plays venues around the world, spreading their message of hope and innovation.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9781481430951ISBN-10:1481430955UPC:9781481430951Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:People & Places, MusicBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin America, Classical, InstrumentsSize:10.20 x 10.30 x 0.40 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCKPW73MWN
Susan Hood is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Ada's Violin, Alias Anna, Harboring Hope, The Last Straw, Lifeboat 12, and Shaking Things Up. Susan is the recipient of the E.B. White Honor Award, two Christopher Awards, the Américas Award, the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, and the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, given to "a distinguished work of nonfiction that serves as an inspiration to young people." In addition to winning many state reading awards, Susan's books have been named a National Jewish Book Awards finalist, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book, a NCTE Notable Poetry Book, a NSTA Best Stem Book of the Year, an Amazon Teachers' Pick, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Visit her at SusanHoodBooks.com.

Sally Wern Comport has illustrated numerous picture books and novels, including Love Will See You Through: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Six Guiding Beliefs (as told by his niece); Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure; Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up on Mt. Rushmore; and the Spy Mice series. She has also translated her picture making skills to various large-scale public, private, and institutional artworks. Sally lives with her husband and two daughters in Annapolis, Maryland, where she operates Art at Large Inc. Learn more at ArtAtLargeInc.com.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

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Susan Hood, Sally Wern Comport (Illustrator)

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Susan Hood

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