If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't!
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2016 · Est. 3 min read-aloud

If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't!

By Elise Parsley

Part of the Magnolia Says DON'T! series

A beach day turns chaotic when a girl insists on bringing a piano along. What could go wrong?

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40 pages· 326 words· Est. 3 min read-aloud
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Magnolia is determined to bring her upright piano to the beach, despite her mom's advice. As she drags the heavy instrument across the sand, chaos ensues. Will her big idea lead to disaster among the sun, sand, and seagulls? Discover the hilarious consequences of mixing music with a day at the beach in this uproarious tale of determination and mishaps.

From the publisher

The second book in the New York Times bestselling series that began with If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t! is another uproarious cautionary tale about things that DON’T belong together! If your mom says to get ready to play at the beach, she means with a boat, or a Frisbee, or a shovel. She is NOT talking about the piano. But Magnolia is a little girl with a big idea, determination, and one very heavy upright piano that, she insists, she needs to take with her. What’s the worst that can happen? In a riotous series of mishaps, Magnolia quickly learns that–not surprisingly–a piano doesn’t mix well with sand, sun, and seagulls!

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
40
Words
326
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD510L
Themes & topics
Books about the beachBooks about musicBooks about summerBooks about performing artsBooks about imagination and play
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
2.7
F&P level
~N
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
182387
Publication
Published
May 3, 2016
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780316376594

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