Picture Books for a Budding Performer by multcolib My Librarian Sherita T.Like this list

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• Corduroy Takes a Bow

  Davis, Viola, 1965-

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  When Lisa takes Corduroy to the theater for the first time, Corduroy heads out on his own to explore the whole building, including the dressing rooms, orchestra pit, and prop table.

• The Bear and the Piano

  Litchfield, David,

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  After finding a piano in the woods, a brown bear teaches himself to play.

• My Abuelita

  Johnston, Tony, 1942-

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  With great gusto, a child's grandmother performs deep knee bends, consumes a breakfast of "huevos estrellados," and practices vocal exercises before going to work as a storyteller.

• Alaina and the Great Play

  Greenfield, Eloise,

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  Kindergartner Alaina is excited about thanking the audience at the end of the second-grade play, but she is overwhelmed by the performance and has to share her enthusiasm, center stage.

• Amandina

  Ruzzier, Sergio, 1966-

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  Amandina decides to overcome her shyness and show the town what a talented little dog she is, but when no one shows up for her performance, she finds that she also has a lot of perseverance.

• When Rubin Plays

  Zhang, Gracey,

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  Rubin loves the beautiful sounds that are played by the orchestra. He wants to learn to play the violin and make his own music. But when Rubin plays, it doesn't sound like he imagines it should.

• Because

  Willems, Mo,

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  A series of events, some seemingly very insignificant, lead to a young girl attending a life-changing concert.

• Lucky Lazlo

  Light, Steve,

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  A naughty cat steals the rose Lazlo intends to give to the actress he loves, setting off a wild chase through the theater during a production of Alice in Wonderland.

• There Was a Party for Langston

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.

• The Boy Who Said Wow

  Boss, Todd,

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  When Ronan, a nonverbal boy, goes to the symphony, the beautiful music moves him to speak.