Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay

Libro con illustrazione bellissima che suggerisce davvero la creatività del racconto. Si tratta di una storia vera e speciale che coinvolge ancora di più nella lettura. Lettura adatta a bambini di 8/10 anni e non impegnativo. Si legge in 30 minuti circa.

I was so happy to find this book available. I’ve been teaching text-to-world connections to my grade 5 students using online videos of the Landfill harmonics story, but now I have a book to go with the videos. I am even planning to use this book when make text-to-text connections with the kids as we compare this book to “Armando and the blue tarp school” or “One Plastic Bag”. Even my own kids 4 and 8 enjoy this book. It is beautifully illustrated and is a great conversation starter with any age group.

Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay tells of the lives of children in Paraguay whose live impoverish and dangerous lives by the rubbish dumps. Their parents sift through the dumps to recycle rubbish for hours every day. When the children have the opportunity to learn an instrument and join the orchestra, getting instruments is a hurdle - even if they had them, they would be too valuable to keep in the slums. So they have instruments made from recycled materials instead and have enjoyed world success. Finances from the orchestra are helping to build houses and better futures. An inspiring book this would be great to use in school for a South American unit, a unit looking at other children's lives or a unit looking at how one person can make a difference.

A beautiful and inspiring book that arrived promptly in excellent condition. This is my second purchase of this title. The first I gave to my daughter, a music teacher, who also has one son playing a violin and a husband who made a cello for the second son. We all treasure this story.

As a teacher, this is a great book to read to kids of elementary-school age (grades 1-8).!!