Music, Music For Everyone

 

Title- Music, Music for Everyone 
Author/Retold- Vera B. Williams
Illustrated by N/A
Genre- Contemporary Realistic Fiction 
Grade level- kindergarten - 3rd Grade

The story begins with a big pink chair in a living room. A girl nicknamed “pussycat” would practice the accordion and her mom and grandma would love to listen on the chair everyday. Her grandma is now sick and her whole family takes care of her grandma. Her grandma loved her friends and they would all come over to play music for her. The music reminded her grandma of music from her village. After they played for her grandmother, all her friends squeezed in to the big chair. They said everything is different without her grandma. Even the big money jar on the shelf seemed different without her. They had to empty the jar to take care of her grandmas medical bills.”Pussy Cat” took out her accordion and began to play once her friends left. She remembered how her mother used to play the accordion in front of crowds and they would give them money. She asked her grandma if she thought, her and her friends could do the same thing. She said yes and so “pussy cat” and her friends began to practice. On of her friends great grandmother and father we’re celebrating an anniversary and they asked the band to come play for them. They were very nervous the day of the show, but her grandmother who was there whispered to them, “just play as if your playing for me” and they did amazing. Her friends mother slipped her daughter an envelope full of money. When they got home, all the friends said they would split it between all of them. “Pussy cat” out her cut straight into the jar.

This is about a story about someone who inspired them to do something. This is a great intro book for students to think about someone who inspires them. This would be a great book for introducing the idea of career day, grandparents day, or bring your parent to school day. This is a book to get inspiration from to write their own paragraph about someone who inspires them.


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