Friday, April 7, 2023

Ada's Violin by Susan Hood illustrated by Sally Wern Comport*

 The wide-world is an amazing place! Ms. Hood relates how Ada Rios learns to play a violin made out of trash! In the town of Cateura, its residents have a backyard full of Paraguay's capital city, Asuncion's trash. When Favio Chavez travels there as an environmental engineer, he notices the children who do not have productive activities. Mr. Chavez, also a musician, decides to provide music lessons for the children. But first, where could one find instruments, which would cost more than their homes? He comes up with a feasible solution. Make them from the abundant trash. An orchestra was born!

*Highly recommend.

-Borrowed from the library.




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