Practice should never be a fight.
If you’re having fun, then you’re playing all right!
It’s day 6 on the Just write for kids Books on tour and I can’t wait to share this award winning picture book with you!
The trouble in tune town by Maura Pierlot is a must read for any student who is learning an instrument – or any child who wants to learn one!
Meg, the best musician in tune town but she is having a lot of trouble getting the notes to sound right. She tries different instruments but still doesn’t feel the rhythm, the beat or the tune. So the notes ……. escape!
The notes move through different places where they can be played in different ways by different people on different instruments. They mosh and mash, shimmy and shuffle in their quest to find a place where someone can feel them and enjoy them – not worry too much about being perfect.
Maura has cleverly created this rhyming picture book to show children that playing music is all about having fun and feeling the notes in all their splendour. Throughout the story we are shown different notes, where they live on the stave and the different ways music can be played.
Different instruments are shown throughout the story as well as different styles of music. The reader can see that notes can be used in so many different ways and can be used to have lots of fun too.
Practise can be hard work when your having difficulty with reading the notes, understanding the beat or feeling the tune – but Maura Pierlot shows us that when we relax and let the music find us, we can have the most wonderful time!
Sophie Norsa’s illustrations are full of colour and life. We can see how the different notes feel as they glide through the different styles of music and different types of musicians. The colour adds to the vibrancy of the story and show all that there is when you pick up an instrument!
You can visit Maura Pierlot’s website here: http://maurapierlot.com to purchase a copy or to find out more about her creations!
Or buy your own copy through fish pond here: The Trouble in Tune Town
And don’t forget to join in with the Book blog tour on these websites too!
