My Family Plays Music (Anniversary)
by Judy Cox (Author) Elbrite Brown (Illustrator)
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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School Library Journal
More a celebration of sound than a story, this upbeat picture book explores 10 different types of music. The young African-American narrator introduces each member of her extended family and the style of music he or she plays, from blue grass to marching band to rock 'n' roll to church hymns.... A glossary defining all the musical terms and genres appears on the last page. The cut-paper illustrations are vibrant and filled with energy.
ALA/Booklist
This [is a] charmer about a family of music makers. The young female narrator starts off describing a page of pictures of her family. We all love music, she says, and the images include those of instruments as well as of musicians.... The paper-cut illustrations vibrate with color and--almost--with sound. The multiracial family with its rainbow of skin tones is not only a lovely multicultural statement but also a vivid reflection of contemporary families and musical tastes.
Kirkus
Brown depicts this exuberant percussionist with cornrows and a big grin, confidently accompanying big band and string quartet, dancing on club stages, and joining marching bands, plainly welcome wherever she goes. . . it's the pride this child takes in her family, and her place in that family, that readers will remember most clearly.
Review quotes
In the end, this book is about much more than different styles of music or teaching music to children. It is a book for children about family unity and togetherness, valuing diversity, and celebrating life. —Beautiful Books For Children
Judy Cox
Judy Cox is a former elementary school teacher and the author of picture books such as Haunted House, Haunted Mouse and chapter books including Ukelele Hayley, a Bank Street College Best Book, and The Secret Chicken Society, which was nominated for four state awards and named a Best of the Best title by the Chicago Public Library. She lives in Oregon. Angela N. Dominguez was born in Mexico City and grew up in Texas. Spanish was her family's first language, and her older brother had to learn English in the first grade. Like Lupita, Angela learned English with his help, so she could be fluent by her first day of school. She received Pura Belpré Illustration Honors for two books: Maria Had a Llama and Mango, Abuela, and Me.
Classification
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ISBN-13
9780823440399
Lexile Measure
580
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication date
November 20, 2018
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV031040 - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV031040 - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
Library of Congress categories
Families
Family life
Musical instruments
Musicians
Family life
Musical instruments
Musicians
