- Paperback: 29 pages
- Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside; Repr. Sept. 1999 edition (Jan 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0773760997
- ISBN-13: 978-0773760998
- Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 19.5 x 0.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #541,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2–This CD features 12 songs that support the story written by Don Gilmore and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (Kane/Miller Book Pubs., 1998). Sarah has had issues with her brother, Frederic, from the day he was born. His parents named him after the composer Chopin, and have high hopes for his musical future. They provide him with lessons on many different instruments including the piano, clarinet, and violin, but he seems to have no musical aptitude. When Frederic attends his sister's youth concert, he is mesmerized by the conductor. At his seventh birthday party, Frederic uses a wooden spoon to conduct wonderful music that he creates. The songs build on different aspects of the story. For example, Frederic leaves his clarinet on the city bus and his mother takes him to the bus lost and found. The song By Accident on the Bus builds on the story with the lyrics: I forgot it on the bus. Oh! What a shame, such a shame…I forgot it on the bus, but mother found it just the same. The songs all have a big-band sound and feature a variety of musical styles. The CD has printable files with illustrations, lyrics, and musical arrangements. The lyrics are also included in the book. A fun addition for school and public libraries.–Maren Ostergard, King County Library System, Issaquah, WA
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Kirkus Reviews
In an appealing Canadian import, Gillmor takes an offbeat approach to the dreaded subject of music lessons. Sarah Pipkin's little brother is named Frederic, after Chopin, and his parents are sure he will be musical. But Mr. Stricter, the piano teacher, and Mrs. Lumply, the clarinet teacher, can't do a thing with him. Even leaving his clarinet on the bus doesn't save Frederic from subsequent trials with an oboe, a violin, and a banjo. However, when Frederic attends Sarah's youth orchestra concert, the conductor captures his fancy. When the house fills with relatives for his seventh birthday party, Frederic makes music by conducting them all in a song he hears in his head. The illustrations, with their exaggerated figures, limpid watercolors, and nervous line, are full of great touches: Mr. Stricter's dog barks allegro vivace; Mrs. Lumply's pets wear earplugs and earmuffs when carroty-haired Frederic plays; the conductor, and later Frederic himself, produce great ribbons of musical notation that reach out to touch the audience. (Picture book. 5-8) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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This story of a young boy who finds music in his imagination is wonderful. I read it to my students and they loved it! It has humor and is beautifully illustrated.
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