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	Engle, Margarita. DANCING HANDS : HOW TERESA CARRENO PLAYED THE PIANO FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019] IL K-3 ISBN 9781481487405
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	When Teresa was a very little girl, her father taught her to play the piano. By the time she was 6 years old, she was composing her own music.  And at 7 years old, she was playing for others. But when war broke out in her country, the family boarded a big ship and traveled to New York City.. At first she didn't like the new home and was very sad. No one spoke Spanish and some were mean. But she found that her playing could be enjoyed by all. Read about Teresa Carreno and how she entertained the world with her dancing hands.
	SUBJECTS:   Carreño, Teresa, -- 1853-1917.                         Pianists.                         Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865.                         Women -- Biography.                         United States.

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