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Loading... Song of Middle C (2009)by Alison McGhee, Scott Menchin (Illustrator)
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"Miss Kari, my piano teacher, tells me that true artistry takes great imagination. It also takes a lot of practice. The big day of my piano recital is almost here, and hoo boy, have I been practicing! I've even got the help of my lucky hat and shoes -- not to mention my lucky underwear."--Jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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Although a little bit of suspension-of-disbelief is required here - would everyone really have been that impressed by the girl's performance? - Song of Middle C is still an engaging book, one which explores an experience that many young musicians and performers will find familiar. The happy ending offers some reassurance to such children, highlighting the idea that stage fright happens to many of their peers, and that it is something that can be worked through. I had a few reservations about the artwork by Scott Menchin - the characters' fingers were out of scale, and slightly off-putting to me - but all in all I liked the humor in the illustrations. Recommended to anyone looking for children's stories about practicing a musical instrument and/or confronting public performance for the first time. ( )