The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781629790992)

Junior Library Guild Selection
Booklist Editors' Top 10 Arts Books for Youth
California Reading Association Eureka! Gold Award
CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young Readers
Parents' Choice Gold Award
Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers
Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year
Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration

Meet the famous composer George Gershwin and learn about his remarkabke composition "Rhapsody In Blue" in this engaging nonficftion picture book biography.

George Gershwin heard music all the time--at home, at school, even on New York City's busy streets. Classical, ragtime, blues, and jazz--George's head was filled with a whole lot of razzmatazz! With rhythmic swirls of words and pictures, author Suzanne Slade and illustrator Stacy Innerst beautifully reveal just how brilliantly Gershwin combined various kinds of music to create his masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue, a surprising and whirlwind composition of notes, sounds, and one long wail of a clarinet. Includes author's note, timeline, and bibliography.

Author: Suzanne Slade
ISBN-10: 1629790990
ISBN-13: 9781629790992
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2016
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 10.40w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 183705 / Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2016 pg. 98
School Library Journal 07/01/2016 pg. 96
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2016
Publishers Weekly 10/03/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Recommended, Satisfactory