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1) Eugenia Lincoln and the unexpected package

Author

DiCamillo, Kate

Series

Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 4

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Spoken CD

Description

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Eugenia Lincoln is a practical person, with no time for geegaws, whoop-de-whoops, or frivolity. When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives at her house, she is determined to have nothing to do with it. Will Eugenia find a way to sell, destroy, or give away the mysterious instrument -- or will she discover that a little frivolity can be surprisingly joyful?

2) Katie's noisy music

Author

Manushkin, Fran

Series

Katie Woo books

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Katie Woo wants to learn an instrument, but she is having trouble deciding what kind of music suits her best.

3) Music class today!

Author

Weinstone, David

Series

Music for Aarvarks book

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Juv Readalong

Description

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A group of toddlers enjoys a lively music class including, at last, one very shy two-year-old boy.

4) Zin! zin! zin!: a violin

Author

Moss, Lloyd

Series

Caldecott Honor Book

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, Juv Readalong

Description

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Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance. When this book begins, the trombone is playing all by itself. But soon a trumpet makes a duet, a French horn a trio, and so on until the entire orchestra is assembled on stage. Written in elegant and rhythmic verse and illustrated with playful and flowing artwork, this unique counting book is the perfect introduction to musical groups. Readers of all ages are sure to shout "Encore!"...

5) Trill changes her tune

Author

Herman, Gail

Series

Disney fairies (Chapter books)

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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After losing her panpipes, shy Trill convinces some other music-talent fairies to try less traditional instruments in the upcoming Oceanside Symphony concert.

6) The ABC animal orchestra

Author

Saaf, Donald

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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"Aardvarks play accordions Butterflies strum banjos Chimpanzees crash cymbals Preschoolers can learn their ABCs with the fresh, alliterative text and the charming illustrations of animal friends playing music with instruments from around the world"--

7) 88 instruments

Author

Barton, Chris

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

Description

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"A little boy can't choose which instrument to play, so he decides to try them all"--

8) The oboe goes boom boom boom

Author

Venable, Colleen A. F

Publisher

Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

Description

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"The band is assembled and the band director is ready to tell you all about the instruments, but an enthusiastic little drummer girl keeps interrupting"--

9) Making the band

Author

Maker, Martha

Series

Craftily ever after volume 2

Publisher

Little Simon

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Description

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After their teacher announces that there will be an upcoming talent show, eight-year-old Maddie and her best friends are inspired to form a band and use their craft skills to make their own instruments.

10) Boom boom go away!

Author

Geringer, Laura

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

Description

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A cumulative rhyme in which a young boy emphatically and noisily tells his parents to go away when they say it is time for bed.

11) Snaring the trumpet

Author

Cobb, Amy

Series

Band Geeks

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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Seventh-grader Davis Beadle joins the Benton Bluff Junior High band, stubbornly determined to play the trumpet--but that section is full, so the band director instructs him to spend time with several of the other instruments, hoping Davis will find his true place in the band.

12) Notes from a pro

Author

Cobb, Amy

Series

Band Geeks

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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When one of the other members of Benton Bluff Junior High band shows up with a shiny new trombone, Kori Neal's school-loaner suddenly seems beat-up and old so she comes up with an idea to organize a fund-raiser to buy new instruments--until advice from a famous local jazz musician gives her a clearer perspective on the issue.

13) Camila the music star

Author

Salazar, Alicia

Series

Camila the star

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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Camila has always loved singing, but now she would like to learn to play an instrument--if she can decide which one.

14) The composer is dead

Author

Snicket, Lemony

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Pub. Date

p2009

Language

English

Description

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An inspector seeks to solve a murder mystery at the symphony by questioning each of the musical instruments.

15) How to build an orchestra

Author

Auld, Mary

Publisher

Crocodile Books, USA, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Description

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"Follows a conductor who is auditioning each instrument for his orchestra, building to a performance of two pieces of classical music. With links to downloadable music, ... pictograms of a full-size symphony orchestra, and information on all of the instruments and music featured"--

16) Another band's treasure: a story of recycled instruments

Author

Xie, Hua Lin

Publisher

Graphic Universe, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Description

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"In Paraguay, teacher Diego and carpenter Nicolas look to a nearby landfill and see instruments in the making, and soon, they are building what they need to begin music lessons for local children."--Provided by publisher.

17) In my neighborhood

Author

Loubriel, Oscar

Series

Live Oak Media eReadalong

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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"A beautifully realized city inhabited by musical instruments. A search for one's place in the world provides the storyline: The narrator, a drum, feels like an outcast because he alone--unlike his family and friends--cannot play a melody. Like all kids growing up, he must find out where he fits. The narrator, a drum, wanders the streets of Coelho's vividly realized city of musical instruments--where even the birds sprout miniature trumpets from their...

18) Meet the orchestra

Author

Hayes, Ann

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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Describes the features, sounds, and role of each musical instrument in the orchestra. Have you ever met an orchestra? Well, here's your chance! Meet the rabbit with her flute, the koala cellist, the tuba-playing warthog, the alligator on the drums. This unusual introduction to the orchestra describes the instrument-strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion- and offers interesting information about them. Playful illustrations show the animal musicians...