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Ray, Mary Lyn

A Violin for Elva

32 pp. | Houghton | January, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-15-225483-4 $16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Tricia Tusa. Little Elva desperately wants a violin, but her parents won't buy her one. She improvises with a badminton racket and a leafy branch. Elva's preoccupation with music never goes away, but it's not until she's old that she buys herself a violin. Though the particulars don't have much child appeal, Elva's passion comes through with tenderness and humor in both text and pictures.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke

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