Synopsis
Do you want to be in a band? Well, here's how! First, bug your two older sisters to start a band, and then beg them to join. (It helps if they already know how to sing and play guitar.) Then there are some tricky parts, like getting over STAGEFRIGHT and practicing until the tips of your fingers ache and playing gigs at not-so-big-time music clubs. At least, that's the way our little sister narrator explains it in her "guide" on how to start a band, based on the real-life experiences of author Suzzy Roche.
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About the Author
SUZZY ROCHE started performing with her two older sisters, Maggie and Terre, at a young age, and together they formed The Roches. The folk-indie rock band was active for more than 30 years, and the sisters recorded more than 11 albums together, including the children's album Will You Be My Friend, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner.
GISELLE POTTER has illustrated numerous books for children, including Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey. A Parents' Choice Gold Award winner.
Reviews
Instead of taking the typical here’s-how-it’s-done route, this inventive picture book uses the concept of forming a band to convey a surprisingly wide-reaching story of sisterly love. The narrator offers amusingly specific instructions to the reader (represented in the story by a ponytailed little girl): “First, you’ll need two interesting, smart older sisters who can play guitars and sing.” Got it? What’s so genuine about this semiautobiographical tale (Roche was part of the indie-folk outfit The Roches for 30 years) are the realistic temporal jumps: “Now you can let a couple years go by.” The three sisters get older and graduate from living room shows to street corner performances to music clubs to international tours, all the while having fun and, of course, bickering. “Oh, and try to be gentle with each other. After all, these are your dear sisters.” Potter’s folksy, weird-angled watercolors at first seem an odd fit for the let’s-rock material, though as the sisters age, these illustrations become increasingly poignant. A totally unique angle on a timeless theme. Grades 1-3. --Daniel Kraus
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