PICTURE BOOKS
Stinson, Kathy

The Man with the Violin

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Dušan Petričić. When Dylan hears someone playing the violin in a subway station, he wants to linger; his mother hurries him along. At home, when the radio broadcasts the violinist's music, Dylan finally gets his mom to listen. Inspired by violinist Joshua Bell's performance at a Washington, D.C., subway station (Bell supplies a postscript), the story and swirling art verge on breathtaking.

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