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The Green Piano

How Little Me Found Music

How Little Me Found Music

How Little Me Found Music

How Little Me Found Music

By Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by Hayden Goodman

By Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by Hayden Goodman

By Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by Hayden Goodman

By Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by Hayden Goodman

By Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by Hayden Goodman

By Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by Hayden Goodman

By Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden
Read by Lynnette R. Freeman

By Roberta Flack and Tonya Bolden
Read by Lynnette R. Freeman

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    About The Green Piano

    This autobiographical picture 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 an old, beat-up 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 picture book–perfect for aspiring piano players and singers–that shares an intimate look at Roberta Flack’s family and her special connection to music.

    About The Green Piano

    This autobiographical picture 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 an old, beat-up 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 picture book–perfect for aspiring piano players and singers–that shares an intimate look at Roberta Flack’s family and her special connection to music.

    About The Green Piano

    This autobiographical picture 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 an old, beat-up 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 picture book–perfect for aspiring piano players and singers–that shares an intimate look at Roberta Flack’s family and her special connection to music.

    About The Green Piano

    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 an old, beat-up 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.

    Listen to a sample from The Green Piano

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    About Roberta Flack

    Legendary singer Roberta Flack is known for her number one singles “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, “Killing Me Softly… More about Roberta Flack

    About Tonya Bolden

    “I hope my readers leave my books with a greater love for reading and knowledge-seeking, and also as stronger thinkers,… More about Tonya Bolden

    About Roberta Flack

    Legendary singer Roberta Flack is known for her number one singles “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, “Killing Me Softly… More about Roberta Flack

    About Tonya Bolden

    “I hope my readers leave my books with a greater love for reading and knowledge-seeking, and also as stronger thinkers,… More about Tonya Bolden

    About Roberta Flack

    Legendary singer Roberta Flack is known for her number one singles “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, “Killing Me Softly… More about Roberta Flack

    About Tonya Bolden

    “I hope my readers leave my books with a greater love for reading and knowledge-seeking, and also as stronger thinkers,… More about Tonya Bolden

    About Roberta Flack

    Legendary singer Roberta Flack is known for her number one singles “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, “Killing Me Softly… More about Roberta Flack

    About Tonya Bolden

    “I hope my readers leave my books with a greater love for reading and knowledge-seeking, and also as stronger thinkers,… More about Tonya Bolden

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $18.99
    Published by Anne Schwartz Books
    Jan 10, 2023 | 40 Pages | 10 x 10 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593479872

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $21.99
    Published by Anne Schwartz Books
    Jan 10, 2023 | 40 Pages | 10 x 10 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593479889

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Anne Schwartz Books
    Jan 10, 2023 | 40 Pages | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593479896

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $5.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Jul 04, 2023 | 24 Minutes | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593793237

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    Praise

    ★ “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

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