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Piano Piano

24 pp. | Charlesbridge | July, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58089-191-2 $15.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Éric Heliot. Marcolino would rather do anything than practice piano, but he keeps at it to fulfill his mother's lost dream of becoming a concert pianist. When Grandpa comes to dinner, though, the truth about Mom's ambitions come out--and Marcolino gets a new start. Clever mixed-media illustrations combining simple shapes both pointy and round enliven an otherwise stale story about ambition and self-actualization.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl

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