Eloísa's Musical Window

Eloâisa's struggles fade away when she sits by the window and listens to the neighbor's radio, and one magical day young musicians gather outside and turn the neighborhood into a joyful orchestra of neighbors and strangers. Includes information on different instruments.

About the author

Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Rima's Rebellion; Your Heart, My Sky; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; The Lightning Dreamer; and Wild Dreamers, a Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor book. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl, Dancing Hands, and The Flying Girl. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com.John Parra is an award-winning illustrator, designer, author, and educator. For his children's illustration work he has received three American Library Association Pura Belpré Honors. His books include Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, written by Monica Brown, which earned a New York Times Best Illustrated Book designation; Green Is a Chile Pepper, written by Roseanne Thong, which received the Américas Book Award; Spanish Is the Language of My Family, written by Michael Genhart, which received seven starred reviews and the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award; Hey, Wall, written by Susan Verde; The Power of Her Pen, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome; and his authorial debut Growing an Artist, which was the recipient of the Christopher Award and the Américas Award. Learn more at JohnParraArt.com.

Product details

• Authors: Margarita Engle, Margarita Engle
• Assisted by: John Parra (Illustration), John Parra (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2024
• EAN: 9781665935289
• ISBN: 978-1-6659-3528-9
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 262 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational, JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music, Caribbean islands, People & places (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Music: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Music and musicians, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Caribbean & Latin America