Annie's love of music, to the exclusion of everything else, gets her in trouble with her family until she discovers a musical element in her grandfather's past.
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Poor music-loving Annie. When she listens to tunes on her Walkman, she's impervious to the world and invariably gets into trouble. When she gets carried away by the rhythms of a street band, her older cousins make fun of her. Feeling terribly misunderstood, Annie decides to run away and join an orchestra. Then she discovers that an attic trunk contains instruments belonging to her grandpa, who was once a professional musician. Her attempt to play all the instruments at once ends in a pratfall, but with Grandpa's help, she organizes a family band. Grandpa also gives a much-needed boost to her self-esteem. "Annie is a natural," he tells her cousins. "She has a great sense of rhythm, and you could learn a lot from her." The book ends with the group playing at an exuberant Saturday night dance. French author and artist Auzary-Luton's story could stand some tightening, and even young readers may be skeptical that a family can learn to be such a strong musical ensemble in such a short time. But spunky Annie is an engaging heroine, and the watercolor backdrops of a tropical setting add a dash of visual spice. Ages 4-7.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Kindergarten-Grade 2-Splendid watercolors and visual characterizations of an extended family on what appears to be a tropical island cannot overcome a bland text. Music-loving Annie annoys everyone with her compulsion to create and listen to sounds. After a few scoldings, she tearfully discovers Grandpa's trunk, which is filled with enough instruments for all of the young cousins to participate in a neighborhood performance by "Annie's Band." A glut of simple sentences prohibits read-aloud success. Auzary-Luton, French artist/musician/author, pleases with pictures but her words lack poetry in translation.
Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Annie was hanging out the laundry and listening to her Walkman. Read the first page New!
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