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Before Music: Where Instruments Come from

Before Music: Where Instruments Come from

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Availability:In StockContributor:Annette Bay Pimentel, Madison Safer (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2022-06-21Pages:88
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harry N. AbramsISBN-13:9781419745553ISBN-10:1419745557UPC:9781419745553Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Music, Science & NatureBook Topic:Instruments, HistorySize:14.50 x 9.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:2.101Product ID:SC9HK38JTX
From award-winning author Annette Bay Pimentel and illustrator Madison Safer, Before Music is an oversize nonfiction picture book exploring how music and musical instruments are made--across time and around the world.

Music doesn't come out of nothing.
It always starts somewhere . . .
with something . . .
with someone.

Discover how music is made in this survey of musical instruments from around the world. Organized by material--from wood to gourds to found objects and more--Before Music marries a lyrical core text with tons of informational material for curious readers.

In the narrative text, readers will encounter makers as they source their materials and craft instruments by hand, drawing the line from the natural world to the finished product and its sound. The sidebars offer much more to discover, including extensive instrument lists, short bios of musical innovators, and more.

"Centering creators and musicians of varying age, skin tone, and traditional dress, Safer's naïf-style multimedia art gives fitting nod to folk traditions featured in this wide-ranging survey of musical instruments that spans centuries, continents, and cultures." --Publishers Weekly
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harry N. AbramsISBN-13:9781419745553ISBN-10:1419745557UPC:9781419745553Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Music, Science & NatureBook Topic:Instruments, HistorySize:14.50 x 9.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:2.101Product ID:SC9HK38JTX
Annette Bay Pimentel is the author of several nonfiction picture books, including All the Way to the Top, which received a Schneider Family Book Award honor; Girl Running, which was a Junior Library Guild pick and received a starred review; and Pura's Cuentos. She lives in Moscow, Idaho.

Madison Safer (she/her) is a queer illustrator whose work is inspired by Russian folk art, Jewish paper cuttings, quilt patterns, and the quiet woods of New England. She received her bachelor of fine arts in illustration studies from Montserrat College of Art. Before Music is her debut picture book.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

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Annette Bay Pimentel, Madison Safer (Illustrator)

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Annette Bay Pimentel

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