Music, Music for Everyone, Vera B. Williams
Music, Music for Everyone, Vera B. Williams
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Music, Music for Everyone

Author: Vera B. Williams

Narrator: Martha Plimpton

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/12/2009

Synopsis

Rosa's grandma is sick and must stay upstairs in bed. And so the big chair in the living room is often empty. And the money jar--in which the family saved their change to buy the big red chair and Rosa's accordion--is empty too. All extra money must be used to take care of Grandma.After school Rosa and her friends Leora, Mae, and Jenny often make music for Grandma. She says their playing makes her feel like a girl again, dancing at a party. And that is the beginning of Rosa's wonderful idea.A kaleidoscope of emotions--joy, sadness, merriment, and love--bursts from the pages of this exuberant book.

About Vera B. Williams

Vera B. Williams began her career in children’s books by illustrating Hooray for Me!, written by Remy Charlip with Lilian Moore. Her beloved A Chair for My Mother won multiple awards, including a Caldecott Honor, and “More More More,” Said the Baby also received a Caldecott Honor. Vera B. Williams was the recipient of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award; she was awarded the 2009 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature; and she was the US nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2004. Vera B. Williams died on October 16, 2015, shortly before her final book, Home at Last, was completed.

About Martha Plimpton

Martha Plimpton has starred in the films The Goonies and 200 Cigarettes among numerous others. A strong supporter of the theater, she donates her time and efforts to the ""52nd Street Project,"" a not-for-profit organization dedicated to matching inner-city children with professional theater artists to create original theater.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jill

This book is about a girl's sick grandma and that girl and her friends. The girl and her friends play music at a family friend's party. The book was long and a bit flat, I tried to read it to my child three times and he had almost no interest in it. I had trouble paying attention to it too. I will n......more

Goodreads review by Becky

First sentence: Our big chair often sits in our living room empty now. Premise/plot: Rosa's grandmother is sick. Rosa forms a band with her friends--remember she got a musical instrument in Something Special for Me--to help raise money for the family. My thoughts: This is the third book in the series.......more

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