"It is almost Friday night. Outside, the dark is getting darker," and here and there around the city ninety-two men and thirteen women are getting dressed to go to work. First they bathe and put on their underwear. Then they don special black-and-white apparel. Then when the one hundred and five people are completely ready, each takes a musical instrument and travels to midtown. There, at 8:30 tonight, they will work together: playing.
In these pages Karla Kuskin and Marc Simont combine their talents to give us a delightful and unusual inside view of one way an orchestra prepares.
Nominee, 1983 American Book Award
Notable Children's Books of 1983 (ALA)
1983 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1982 (NYT)
A Reading Rainbow Selection
1983 Teachers' Choices (NCTE)
Children's Books of 1982 (Library of Congress)
| ISBN: | 9780064431248 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 1986 |
| Author: | Karla Kuskin |
| Illustrator: | Marc Simont |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 48 pages |
| Series: | Reading Rainbow Books |
| Genres: |
Drama / Performing Arts Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Horror & Ghost Stories Funny Short Stories Stories in Verse Music Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men Children’s / Teenage general interest: Clothing and fashion |