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Synopsis
How Shira loves the fiddle! Every time the Kugel Valley Klezmer Band performs, ten-year-old Shira watches closely. Isaac, the best fiddle player this side of Nova Scotia, sees her watching, and gives her a toy fiddle. Practice, says Isaac. Practice, practice, practice. So, secretly, Shira practices; and soon she thinks she sounds pretty good. But is she good enough for a real fiddle? Good enough for the Kugel Valley Klezmer Band? Good enough for her whole village? Shira is about to find out!
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About the Author
Joan Betty Stuchner has a head full of stories. Instead of playing the fiddle, she plays with words. She lives in Vancouver, Canada, and is the author of A Peanut Butter Waltz. Richard Row was not born with the ability to draw; he watched carefully, then practiced, practiced, practiced! He has illustrated many books including Anne of Green Gables and Heidi. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
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reSchool-Grade 1-A fiddle player, Isaac, wants to retire and his clarinetist's daughter, Shira, wants to play the fiddle, but her father tells her that "no ten-year-old girl has ever played in a klezmer band." However, Isaac secretly makes her a toy fiddle, and after he falls sick, she fills in for him, proving her worth and prompting her father to give her the real thing for Hanukkah. In an attempt to introduce unfamiliar readers to the Jewish terms, Stuchner weighs down the beginning of the story with explanations. Unfortunately, the unique quality of the klezmer band never becomes clear. The Jewish flavor remains pleasantly in the background, enhancing the story without overwhelming it. Initially, the realistic, painterly, oil illustrations are rather static, but as the story picks up, so do the pictures, reflecting the movement of the musicians and their audiences' responses. The artwork has an Eastern European feel to it, which complements the story, and in later spreads Row does a lovely job of capturing movement and emotions, compensating for the unremarkable nature of the earlier illustrations. Although not a necessary purchase, this is a good addition for libraries looking for more books with Jewish characters.
Amy Lilien-Harper, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
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- PublisherScholastic Canada
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0590038338
- ISBN 13 9780590038331
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorRow Richard
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