The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music
(Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)
Published:
Random House Children's Books 2023
Format:
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Description
This autobiographical picture book by the multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack recounts her childhood in a home surrounded by music and love: it all started with a beat-up piano that her father found in a junkyard, repaired, and painted green.
Growing up in a Blue Ridge mountain town, little Roberta didn't have fancy clothes or expensive toys...but she did have music. And she dreamed of having her own piano.
When her daddy spies an old, beat-up upright piano in a junkyard, he knows he can make his daughter's dream come true. He brings it home, cleans and tunes it, and paints it a grassy green. And soon the little girl has an instrument to practice on, and a new dream to reach for—one that will make her become a legend in the music industry.
Here is a lyrical picture book—perfect for aspiring piano players and singers—that shares an intimate look at Roberta Flack's family and her special connection to music.
Growing up in a Blue Ridge mountain town, little Roberta didn't have fancy clothes or expensive toys...but she did have music. And she dreamed of having her own piano.
When her daddy spies an old, beat-up upright piano in a junkyard, he knows he can make his daughter's dream come true. He brings it home, cleans and tunes it, and paints it a grassy green. And soon the little girl has an instrument to practice on, and a new dream to reach for—one that will make her become a legend in the music industry.
Here is a lyrical picture book—perfect for aspiring piano players and singers—that shares an intimate look at Roberta Flack's family and her special connection to music.
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More Details
Street Date:
01/10/2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593479896
ASIN:
B0B52YW61H
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Roberta Flack. (2023). The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music. Random House Children's Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Roberta Flack. 2023. The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music. Random House Children's Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Roberta Flack, The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music. Random House Children's Books, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Roberta Flack. The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music. Random House Children's Books, 2023.
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Growing up in a Blue Ridge mountain town, little Roberta didn't have fancy clothes or expensive toys...but she did have music. And she dreamed of having her own piano.
When her daddy spies an old, beat-up upright piano in a junkyard, he knows he can make his daughter's dream come true. He brings it home, cleans and tunes it, and paints it a grassy green. And soon the little girl has an instrument to practice on, and a new dream to reach for—one that will make her become a legend in the music industry.
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