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Nancy Keane's | Booktalks -- Quick and Simple | |
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Hood, Susan. (2 booktalks) |
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Booktalk #1 Ada lives in a slum. It is one of the poorest towns in Paraguay. The town is actually made up of trash. Every day trucks arrive to dump more and more trash. And everyday, the people of the town sort through the trash looking for things they can use or sell. Ada is only 8 so she cannot become one of the a recyclers yet. She and her sister wander through the town and watch the older boys who have joined gangs. But this is all about to change. A man who is new to the town has offered free music lessons to children who are interested. Of course Ada is but there is a big problem. More than 20 kids sign up and there are only three guitars and two violins. Would this just be another disappointment to Ada? Booktalk #2 Eleven year old Ada lives in a poor town built on a landfill. Growing up surrounded by her family’s singing, she’s excited to start music lessons, but there are not enough instruments for everyone. The children and their teacher find a solution to their problem, literally, right under their feet. Discover how this industrious group of children became the world famous recycled orchestra of Paraguay. GARDEN STATE CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS, 2019 |
| SUBJECTS: Bordados, Ada Maribel Rios. Orchestra -- Paraguay -- Asuncion. Orchestral musicians -- Paraguay -- Asuncion. Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados Cateura. |
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