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Loading... When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Andersonby Pam Munoz Ryan
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  malinacoulter | Nov 15, 2009 |  When Marian Sang is a biongraphy of Marian Anderson, an african american vocal prodigy in pre-civil rights America. Marian started from humble beginnings, but soon became a huge part the music industry. she sang for royalty, and the poor. she sang at peace confrences and eventually opera houses. she was extremley famous and her presence brought much happiness worldwide. the book pays special attention to the fact that she seemed to be welcomed with every other nation but america, based solely on her skin color. this discrimination bothered many ppl, and so eleanor roosevelt backed her up. and she was able to sing at the lincoln memorial. this book would benefit young singers in that it may give them hope to strive for the impossible. i would be well used to speak about the pre-civil rights era, or maybe looking into music careers of the past. (  ) creeh | Nov 15, 2009 | This is a biography book on Marian Anderson all the prejudice and hardships she dealt with to pursue her dreams. This is a book I would read with expression and linger over with students. Its written beautifully and really brings home how touching Marian Anderson's voice was. ( ) kmacneill | Nov 3, 2009 | This biography of Marian Anderson I say is a partial biography because it only offers snippets of her lifetime. Parts of her childhood and parts of her adulthood are discussed. I(t told the story of Marian a great singer who because of Jim crow law could have been held back but she did not let it stop her she traveled the world and was the first African American to sing at the metropolitan opera. She had much conflict with finding a place to sing in our capital and with Roosevelt’s approval was given permissions to sing at the Lincoln memorial. I liked this book for a 3rd to 4th grade audience. I would like to see how an audience of tat age responds to the book. The illustrations were beautiful to me it illustrates to keep pushing and never give up on your dreams. In the class I would have students think of their own dreams and illustrate what they are whether by poem picture of another art show me their dream. I would also have them look her up and other singers of the time who may have had the same problems as her. vlreed02 | Oct 28, 2009 | This is a great book for visualizing the importance of the Pre-Civil rights times. The book illustrates the opera singer Marian Anderson during the 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial, the concert drew a integrated crowd. This book is a wonderful depiction of how the world was and who Marian Anderson was. (  ) HeatherSwinford | May 13, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Undoubtedly one of America's greatest singers, Anderson was hardly known in her own country because of her race--music schools ignored her applications ("We don't take colored!") and even after she began singing professionally, many venues only featured white performers. Ryan's well-paced story becomes especially poignant as she recounts Anderson's overwhelming success in Europe ("one newspaper in Sweden called it 'Marian Fever' ... In Austria, the world-famous conductor Arturo Toscanini announced that what he had heard, one was privileged to hear only once in a hundred years"). The book reaches its climax with a wordless, deep brown two-page spread from Selznick, a crowd's-eye view of Anderson singing at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, an historic concert that drew an integrated audience of over 75,000.
Ryan's simple, metered text (punctuated frequently by lyrics) captures the quiet drama of Anderson's story, and kids will especially identify with the confusion and frustration of young Marian. And as with the pair's previous collaboration, Selznick's rich illustrations ably convey the undeniable strength and courage of a talented, determined woman. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes
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This is a great true story. I believe it can teach a lot to children. In the story Marian never gave up her dream, even when people looked down upon her. In the end she was able to achieve her dream and go beyond.
In the classroom I would like to read aloud a little bit of information about Martin Luther King, since his grave site is one of the venues she performed at. I would also like to find a live recording of Marian actually singing and play it for the class.