The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music
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- Create Date：2023-01-15 01:21:35
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Roberta Flack
- ISBN：0593479874
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Reviews
Becky
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First sentence: Little me， in my Blue Ridge Mountain townof Asheville， North Carolina，living on a street named Velvet，then on one named Circle，didn't have fancy-fine clothes，high-priced toys，or other richy-richthings。But I had music。My treasure。My gold。Premise/plot: The Green Piano is a picture book autobiography of Roberta Flack--particularly her formative childhood years。 The book focuses on Roberta Flack's love of music。 It tells the story of how her father brought home a piano from a junkyar First sentence: Little me， in my Blue Ridge Mountain townof Asheville， North Carolina，living on a street named Velvet，then on one named Circle，didn't have fancy-fine clothes，high-priced toys，or other richy-richthings。But I had music。My treasure。My gold。Premise/plot: The Green Piano is a picture book autobiography of Roberta Flack--particularly her formative childhood years。 The book focuses on Roberta Flack's love of music。 It tells the story of how her father brought home a piano from a junkyard and painted it green。 This gift of love was also a gift of music。 （Though music was VERY important to Roberta， to the whole family， to the community， before this gift。）The biography is written in free verse。 My thoughts: Some books are written in verse and you don't know exactly why。 It makes a lot of sense that a book about music would be written in verse。 On the surface， it makes perfect sense， like it would be a great fit。 Lyrics often are poetry。 （Though perhaps not all lyrics？） However， I found the verse to lack a little magic。 To me the verses just lacked rhythm and that certain spark that makes verse work well。 The text didn't "sing" to me。 Prose can sing--and sometimes does sing--poetry is expected to sing more often than not。 I wanted to really love this one。 Roberta Flack's music is something that I generally enjoy。 （I do have favorites。 I am familiar with her music。） The text is weaker than I would have expected。 The illustrations， however， are more my cup of tea。 There are spreads that I absolutely loved。 。。。more
Read Ribbet
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This autobiographical picture book by award winning singer Roberta Flack tells her personal story of how an abandoned piano is brought home by her father， refurbished and painted green， so that a young Roberta Flack can pursue her dream of being a piano player。 The story tells how she pursued singing along the way being guided toward pop music where she eventually found success。 This isa great book for fans of Roberta Flack and an inspirational text for any reader in need of encouragement for pu This autobiographical picture book by award winning singer Roberta Flack tells her personal story of how an abandoned piano is brought home by her father， refurbished and painted green， so that a young Roberta Flack can pursue her dream of being a piano player。 The story tells how she pursued singing along the way being guided toward pop music where she eventually found success。 This isa great book for fans of Roberta Flack and an inspirational text for any reader in need of encouragement for pursuing their dreams。 The end author note contains more information about Flack's life including a timeline of her career highlights。 。。。more
Nicole Miller
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Growing up， Roberta didn't have a lot of things but she did have love and music。 When her father finds a beat-up piano at the junkyard， he brings it home， fixes it， and paints it green。 This act of love from a father starts Roberta on a journey to becoming the five-time Grammy winner she is today。 This inspiring book to follow your dreams and encourage your children is a wonderful biography on a wonderful musician and the love her father。 Growing up， Roberta didn't have a lot of things but she did have love and music。 When her father finds a beat-up piano at the junkyard， he brings it home， fixes it， and paints it green。 This act of love from a father starts Roberta on a journey to becoming the five-time Grammy winner she is today。 This inspiring book to follow your dreams and encourage your children is a wonderful biography on a wonderful musician and the love her father。 。。。more
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