| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
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Age group: age Children |
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Educational level group: edu Kindergartners |
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Educational level group: edu First grade students |
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Educational level group: edu Second grade students |
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Educational level group: edu Third grade students |
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Educational level group: edu School children |
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Engle: Ethnic/cultural group: eth Cuban Americans |
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National/regional group: nat Californians |
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Engle: Gender group: gdr Women |
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López: National/regional group: nat Mexicans |
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López: Gender group: gdr Men |
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age Children |
| Summary |
"As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the piano helped her share that joy. Soon she was writing her own songs and performing in grand cathedrals. Then a revolution in Venezuela forced her family to flee to the United States. Teresa felt lonely in this unfamiliar place, where few of the people she met spoke Spanish. Worst of all, there was fighting in her new home, too -- the Civil War. Still, Teresa kept playing, and soon she grew famous as the talented Piano Girl who could play anything from a folk song to a sonata. So famous, in fact, that President Abraham Lincoln wanted her to play at the White House! Yet with the country torn apart by war, could Teresa's music bring comfort to those who needed it most?"-- From dust jacket. |
| Audience |
Ages 4-8. |
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NC1260L lexile |
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Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 1 (very easy) lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader LG 5.5 0.5. |
| Awards |
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award, 2020 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 178). |
| Subject |
Carreño, Teresa, 1853-1917 -- Juvenile literature.
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Carreño, Teresa, 1853-1917. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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Pianists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Pianists. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Gifted children -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Gifted children. |
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Child musicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Child musicians. |
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Venezuelan Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Venezuelan Americans. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
| Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
| Genre/Form |
Picture books.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
López, Rafael, 1961- illustrator.
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| Added Title |
How Teresa Carreño played the piano for President Lincoln |
| Other Form: |
Online version Engle, Margarita, author. Dancing hands New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019] 9781481487412 (DLC) 2018011287 |
| ISBN |
9781481487405 (hardcover) |
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148148740X (hardcover) |
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9781713700913 (FollettBound) |
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1713700913 (FollettBound) |
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9781481487412 electronic book |
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