{"product_id":"elo-sas-musical-window","title":"Elo?sa's Musical Window","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspired by stories from her mother's childhood, acclaimed author Margarita Engle and award-winning artist John Parra have crafted a vibrant picture book about a young girl and her family who find joy in the music flowing from outside their window.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEloísa loves music, but with her family too poor to buy a radio, she can only hear it when rhythms and melodies drift through her open window. Birds and cats raise their voices in daily choruses, and songs from a neighbor's radio travel through the air. On the street below, children shake maracas and beat a steady rhythm on bongo drums and a lute, a cowbell, and un güiro round out the orchestra. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sounds of her neighborhood are music enough for Eloísa, but when Mamá gets sick and the family can't afford medicine, can la música soothe her the way it's always comforted Eloísa?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels \u003ci\u003eRima's Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYour Heart, My Sky\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWith a Star in My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Surrender Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, a Newbery Honor winner; and \u003ci\u003eThe Lightning Dreamer\u003c\/i\u003e. Her verse memoirs include \u003ci\u003eSoaring Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnchanted Air\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Pura Belpr? 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 \u003ci\u003eDrum Dream Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDancing Hands\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Flying Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Parra's illustrations for \u003ci\u003eFrida Kahlo and Her Animalitos\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Monica Brown, earned the book a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Book designation. He also illustrated \u003ci\u003eGreen Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors\u003c\/i\u003e by Roseanne Thong, which received a Pura Belpr? Honor and the Am?ricas Book Award: Commended; \u003ci\u003eMarvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e by Phil Bildner, which won the Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration and was a Bank Street Best Book of the year; and \u003ci\u003eHey, Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, by Susan Verde, which \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e called \"a must-purchase\" in a starred review. Learn more at JohnParraArt.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atheneum Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874624016658,"sku":"9781665935289","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f8096319-6ae6-44c6-a932-afed5f94e1d6.jpg?v=1738001997","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/elo-sas-musical-window","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}