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Book Description: HarperCollins, 1998. Book Condition: Good. N/A. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Bookseller Inventory # GRP9604056

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Book Description: HarperCollins. Book Condition: Good. USED We here at Elistics have a 100% satisfaction guarentee. We also ship no later than next business day. Thank you for your business. Bookseller Inventory # 27-I-2-00212

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Book Description: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1998. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hawkes, Kevin (illustrator). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near-new condition. Over-sized hardback. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Very-nicely illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. From Publishers Weekly For this fantasy adventure of a musical instrument with a will of its own, Cowan (My Life with the Wave) taps into the classic experience of learning to play the piano, to the whimsical accompaniment of Hawkes's (The Poombah of Badoombah) full-bleed acrylic paintings. An unnamed narrator likes to bang away at the piano, which for her makes exquisite music ("At times the piano wept. At other times it shrieked with laughter"), but to her mother produces only cacophony. Despite all the girl's efforts to practice scales, plus repeated visits from the piano tuner, the narrator cannot perform well enough to please her mother. As the woman endeavors to rid the house of the piano, the girl helps her friend escape to the sea. In the beginning pages, Cowan get mired in wordy explanations, and never really develops the friendship between the girl and her piano before readers get caught up in the wild getaway ride. Instead, readers depend on Hawkes's dynamic personification of the instrument to carry them through: the piano sprouts purple bristles when the girl plays what her mother dictates; when it flees, its legs course through the streets like the limbs of a racehorse. While this may strike a familiar chord with fledgling pianists, the story may not be strong enough to carry them through to the final notes. Ages 5-8. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Bookseller Inventory # 044337

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Book Description: HarperCollins. Library Binding. Book Condition: GOOD. Bookseller Inventory # V139111385

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Book Description: Harpercollins, 1998. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Impression. Ex library discard hard cover with Dustjacket. Flaps affixed; Very clean and tight with minimal library indications. DJ Spine sticker. ; 0.35 x 11.35 x 9.54 Inches; 32 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 15376

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Book Description: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1998. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hawkes, Kevin (illustrator). 1998, ex library stamps, library bar code in rear, hard cover, slight edgewear, label taped to spine of book, Color illustrations. Ex-Library. Bookseller Inventory # 42900

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Book Description: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, New York, 1998. Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Hawkes, Kevin (illustrator). First. Bookseller Inventory # 8036

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