Monday, July 21, 2008

2008 Notable Books for Children



Little Rat Makes Music by Monika Bang-Campbell, Molly Bang (illustr.)



Little Rat seems to be the impatient kind of rat. She comes from a "musical" type of family and she wants to learn how to play an instrument too. She chooses to learn to play the violin because the kids around her can play beautifully on violins. She doesn't seem to understand that to play such nice music she is going to have to practice a lot. Little rat becomes very impatient but with the help of Kitty she begins to do much better. I enjoyed this book very much because of the beautiful watercolor illustrations but also because of the lesson being taught to kids who are determined to learn something new.

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