{"product_id":"the-green-piano-how-little-me-found-music-9780593479872","title":"The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis autobiographical picture book by the multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack recounts her childhood in a home surrounded by music and love: it all started with a beat-up piano that her father found in a junkyard, repaired, and painted green.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in a Blue Ridge mountain town, little Roberta didn't have fancy clothes or expensive toys...but she did have music. And she dreamed of having her own piano. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen her daddy spies an old, beat-up upright piano in a junkyard, he knows he can make his daughter's dream come true. He brings it home, cleans and tunes it, and paints it a grassy green. And soon the little girl has an instrument to practice on, and a new dream to reach for--one that will make her become a legend in the music industry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a lyrical picture book--perfect for aspiring piano players and singers--that shares an intimate look at Roberta Flack's family and her special connection to music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLegendary singer \u003cb\u003eRoberta Flack\u003c\/b\u003e is known for her number one singles \"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face\", \"Killing Me Softly with His Song,\" \"Feel Like Makin' Love,\" and \"Where Is the Love\" and \"The Closer I Get to You,\" two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. She is the recipient of thirteen Grammy nominations, four of which she won, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTonya Bolden\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author\/co-author\/editor of more than two dozen books for young people. They include \u003ci\u003eFinding Family, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year; \u003ci\u003eMaritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; \u003ci\u003eMLK: Journey of a King\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a National Council of Teachers of English Orbis Pictus Award; and \u003ci\u003eEmancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e, an ALSC Notable Children's Book and CBC\/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People. Tonya also received the Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC's Nonfiction Award. A Princeton University magna cum laude baccalaureate with a master's degree from Columbia University, Tonya lives in NYC. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHayden Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e is a painter and children's book illustrator born and raised in the wilderness of Western Massachusetts. Her clients include the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e MIT, and \u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun. The Green Piano \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut picture book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anne Schwartz Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599573684498,"sku":"9780593479872","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96ebec52-add3-4ba7-84e6-a25cc70b4934.jpg?v=1744225163","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-green-piano-how-little-me-found-music-9780593479872","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}