Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (Caldecott Honor Book)
by Lloyd Moss
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Author: Lloyd MossIllustrator: Marjorie Priceman
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 1995-03-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 32
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Book Reviews of Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (Caldecott Honor Book)
Book Review: Another fun book
Summary: 4 Stars
The story is great, and my son loves pointing out the different instruments. I would give it five stars but I hate the illustration style. It's downright ugly. I wish they would have went a completely different route with the style.
Summary of Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (Caldecott Honor Book)
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!" when they reach the final page of this joyous celebration of classical music.
"The STRINGS all soar, the REEDS implore, / The BRASSES roar with notes galore. / It's music that we all adore. / It's what we go to concerts for." In this exuberant tribute to classical music and the passionate, eccentric musicians who play it, author Lloyd Moss begins with the mournful moan and silken tone of one trombone. A trumpet sings and stings along, forming a duo, then a fine French horn joins in, "TWO, now THREE-O, what a TRIO!" The mellow cello ups it to a quartet, then ZIN! ZIN! ZIN! a violin soars high and moves in to make a quintet. The flute that "sends our soul a-shiver" makes a sextet, and "with steely keys that softly click," a sleek, black, woody clarinet slips the group into a septet. We move on! A chamber group of ten! And the orchestra is ready to begin. Moss should be congratulated for creating a playful, musical stream of rhyming couplets that seamlessly, slyly teaches the names of myriad musical groups. Marjorie Priceman, the whimsical, masterful illustrator of Elsa Okon Rael's When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street and Jack Prelutsky's For Laughing Out Loud, won a Caldecott Honor Award for this swirling, twirling, colorful musical world worthy of thunderous applause and a standing ovation. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson
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