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Guitar
(Eureka! the Biography of an Idea)
Author
Illustrator
Kaly Quarles
Publication Date
April 04, 2023
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction / 2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
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Description
Turn it up! The newest addition to the nonfiction Eureka! series is a "biography" of guitars, an essential invention that gets people rocking.
With a timeline spanning from the first time someone strummed a string stretched across a hollow object to electric guitars that bring stadiums of people to their feet today, Guitar is a fun and informative look at the development of an invention that adds music to our lives. This STEAM nonfiction title is part of the Eureka! series, with each book focusing on one groundbreaking, world-changing discovery that millions of people use every single day.
Publication date
April 04, 2023
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781662670053
Lexile Measure
640
Publisher
Kane Press
Series
Eureka! the Biography of an Idea
BISAC categories
MUS023060 - Music | Musical Instruments | Guitar
Library of Congress categories
Guitar
Kirkus
Playing to younger audiences and broad enough to include riffs on the Mesopotamian oud, central Asian tanbur, and the nyatiti...Houran traces the guitar's development. Nods to inventors from Antonio de Torres Jurado to George Beauchamp as well as a labeled diagram of parts and a cutaway view of an acoustic body offer...specifics about how basic guitar design evolved.
ALA/Booklist
Aimed at kids in early elementary grades, these brief titles trace the development of an object or concept through history, from very early examples to modern-day iterations...[B]oth books employ straightforward, accessible language and detailed illustrations that feature diverse casts of individuals enjoying the cited examples in addition to supporting technical descriptions...both titles do an effective job of introducing their subjects and encouraging kids' curiosity.
Lori Haskins Houran
Lori Haskins Houran loves riding her bike--especially downhill. She's a former editor and the author of more than fifty books for kids, including Next to You, Too Many Dogs, My Little Golden Book About George Washington, and several titles on the Kane Press backlist. Lori lives in Massachusetts with her family. Learn more about Lori at lorihaskinshouran.com. Aaron Cushley lives in Belfast, Ireland. He has illustrated many kids books, such as A Smile for Sasquatch, How Many Mice Make an Elephant?, and The Big Beyond: The Story of Space for Macmillan, Penguin, Usborne, and Little Tiger. This is his first title for Kane Press. Visit Aaron at aaroncushley.com.
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