Music from the Sky — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Music from the Sky Author: Denise Gillard Illustrator: Stephen Taylor Publisher: Toronto: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi, 2001, 2011 Genre: Picture book, fiction
music in picture books
Over the Moon — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project Author: Many. Conceived and Created by Kate Dawson and Jodi Glucksman Illustrator: Many. Publisher: Westport, CT: Easton Studio Press, 2012
Simeon’s Gift — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Since I interviewed one of the authors of this book, Emma Walton Hamilton, here on my blog on Wednesday, it seemed appropriate to share Simeon’s Gift today. In the interview, Emma mentioned that one of the books she and her mother have collaborated on had its origin in a story they wrote together when …
L is for… the Love of Music — Perfect Picture Book Friday
My Love of music goes back a long way. When I was studying voice with the wonderful woman I spotlighted in D is for… Dorothy, she had me learn a song called “Songs My Mother Taught Me.” (That song is guaranteed to turn the hardest heart to mush.) Indeed, the songs my mother taught me …
L is for… the Love of Music — Perfect Picture Book Friday Read More »
Symphony City — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Symphony City Author/Illustrator: Amy Martin Publisher: San Francisco, CA: McSweeney’s McMullen’s, 2011 Genre: Picture book, fiction
Do Re Mi — Perfect Picture Book Friday
For the first PPBF in Behind the Scenes Month, we’re going behind the scenes in the creation of musical notation. Title: Do Re Mi : If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido d’Arezzo Author: Susan L. Roth, in association with Angelo Mafucci Illustrator: Susan L. Roth Publisher: New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006
Imani’s Music – Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Imani’s Music Author: Sheron Williams Illustrator: Jude Daly Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s Division, 2002