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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Margarita Engle , Rafael LopezPublisher: Simon & Schuster Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 26.70cm Weight: 0.442kg ISBN: 9781481487405ISBN 10: 148148740 Pages: 40 Publication Date: 27 August 2019 Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews* Engle's free verse whirls and twirls, playful and vivacious, while Lopez's vivid, colorful artwork elevates this story to heavenly heights. Like a concerto for the heart. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review Lyrical, imagery-rich text . . . Patterned mixed-media illustrations use color to evoke the lushness of Venezuela, the darkness of war, and the beauty of music. Concluding with a historical note, the biography's vibrant images and language form a melodious composition. -- Booklist Lopez's swirling colors, soaring birds, and scattered notes conjure music's transportive powers amid the countries' war-torn landscapes, complementing Engle's text, and building 'hymns . . . shimmered like hummingbirds.' -- Publishers Weekly Engle's writing shines through powerful descriptions and connections between music and feelings. Lopez's vivid illustrations expertly alternate between lush, vibrant hues, and gray, muted depictions of darker times; they evoke characters and historical settings with absorbing detail. -- Horn Book Magazine Author and illustrator are well paired in this interesting narrative. Darks and lights, whether representing world events or the colors of the piano keys, are recurring themes that Engle cleverly entwines in her at times poetic writing. Lopez's illustrations practically leap from the page as they mirror the tone of events-bright and beautiful when the story is light; dark, drab, and gray when echoing conflict. -- School Library Journal Lyrical, imagery-rich text . . . Patterned mixed-media illustrations use color to evoke the lushness of Venezuela, the darkness of war, and the beauty of music. Concluding with a historical note, the biography's vibrant images and language form a melodious composition. -- Booklist * Engle's free verse whirls and twirls, playful and vivacious, while Lopez's vivid, colorful artwork elevates this story to heavenly heights. Like a concerto for the heart. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review * Engle's free verse whirls and twirls, playful and vivacious, while Lopez's vivid, colorful artwork elevates this story to heavenly heights. Like a concerto for the heart. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review Author InformationMargarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Rima's Rebellion; Your Heart, My Sky; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; and The Lightning Dreamer. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, which received the Pura Belpre Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl, Dancing Hands, and The Flying Girl. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com. Rafael Lopez was born and raised in Mexico, a place that has always influenced the vivid colors and shapes in his artwork. He now creates community-based mural projects around the world and illustrates acclaimed children's books including The Day You Begin, Bravo!, Drum Dream Girl, We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands, Book Fiesta!, and Dancing Hands. Rafael divides his time between Mexico and California. Visit him at RafaelLopez.com. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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