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The Green Piano
- How Little Me Found Music
- Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman
- Length: 23 mins
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Summary
This autobiographical book by the multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack recounts her childhood in a home surrounded by music and love: it all started with a beat-up piano that her father found in a junkyard, repaired, and painted green.
Growing up in a Blue Ridge mountain town, little Roberta didn't have fancy clothes or expensive toys...but she did have music. And she dreamed of having her own piano.
When her daddy spies a beat-up old upright piano in a junkyard, he knows he can make his daughter's dream come true. He brings it home, cleans and tunes it, and paints it a grassy green. And soon the little girl has an instrument to practice on, and a new dream to reach for—one that will make her become a legend in the music industry.
Here is a lyrical audiobook—perfect for aspiring piano players and singers—that shares an intimate look at Roberta Flack's family and her special connection to music.
Critic reviews
★ “A moving testimonial to the effects of instilling a love of live music in childhood.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ "Flack and Bolden employ spare, matter-of-fact verse to share the story of this initial piano and the hope it represented."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ "A warm, soulful picture book autobiography about a living legend that will inspire burgeoning artists to pursue their dreams no matter their circumstances."—School Library Journal, starred review