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.

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