Before Music Publishers

Before Music PublishersFrom award winning author Annette Bay Pimentel and illustrator Madison Safer, Before Music is an oversize nonfiction picture book exploring how music and musical instruments are madeacross time and around the world. Music doesnt come out of nothing. It always starts somewhere . . . with something . . . with someone. Discover how music is made in this survey of musical instruments from around the world. Organized by materialfrom wood to gourds to found

revealing how we can take inspiration from the beauty we experience in the world and bring it into our everyday lives

Filled with fun and quirky illustrations by the award-winning Brothers McLeod and featuring contributions from booksellers across the United States and Canada

Told in alternating points of view

paying particular attention to many of the lesser-known facts about the mission

and a book which is a beautiful artifact

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funny books

the poems are grouped loosely into categories

With sharp wit and affectionate satire

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