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Mozart: The Wonder Child: A Puppet Play in Three Acts
Contributor(s): Stanley, Diane (Author), Stanley, Diane (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060726741     ISBN-13: 9780060726744
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $15.29  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2009
* Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: A distinguished author and illustrator presents a stirring portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Done in egg tempera, the gorgeous artwork features Mozart and other characters as marionettes in a puppet show, adding a unique and entertaining element to the book. Full color.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Music
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - General
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2008010487
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 9.6" W x 11.1" (1.07 lbs) 48 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 128669
Reading Level: 6.0   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart was only three years old--not much bigger than his name--on the day his life changed forever.

So begins this vivid biography about one of the most legendary prodigies in history. Award-winning author and illustrator Diane Stanley engagingly tells the story of a brilliant boy who grew up to be a complex and often troubled young man--a man who composed some of the most beautiful music of all time.

With stunning and expressive illustrations, she portrays Mozart's turbulent life as a marionette show, inspired by the famous Salzburg Marionette Theatre, using an innovative artistic approach to present the life of a renowned musical genius. In concise and lyrical prose, Stanley presents an honest and sympathetic portrait of the boyhood and tragically short adulthood of a composer whose music has lived on for more than two hundred years.


Contributor Bio(s): Stanley, Diane: -

Diane Stanley is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including The Silver Bowl, which received three starred reviews, was named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and Book Links Lasting Connections, and was an ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; The Cup and the Crown; Saving Sky, winner of the Arab American Museum's Arab American Book Award and a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year; Bella at Midnight, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy; The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine; and A Time Apart. Well known as the author and illustrator of award-winning picture-book biographies, she is the recipient of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work.

Ms. Stanley has also written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively reimagined fairy tales: The Giant and the Beanstalk, Goldie and the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. dianestanleybooks.com.