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Reynolds, Peter H.

Playing from the Heart

32 pp. | Candlewick | April, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-7892-0 $15.00
(4) K-3 As a young boy, Raj excels at piano but stops playing when, after formal lessons, "even looking at the piano made him exhausted." Years later, the man returns to his old pieces to comfort his dying father. The book is beautifully illustrated in Reynolds's recognizable light, loosely rendered style, although, with its themes of regret and aging, the sentimental story has little child-appeal.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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