The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin: Book Cover

    The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin, Marc Simont (Illustrator)

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    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Pub. Date: September 1986
    • ISBN-13: 9780064431248
    • Sales Rank: 39,550
    • Age Range: 6 to 9
    • 48pp
    • Series: Reading Rainbow Series
    • Edition Description: Reprint
     
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    Synopsis

    "It is almost Friday night. Outside, the dark is getting darker," and here and there around the city ninety-two men and thirteen women are getting dressed to go to work. First they bathe and put on their underwear. Then they don special black-and-white apparel. Then when the one hundred and five people are completely ready, each takes a musical instrument and travels to midtown. There, at 8:30 tonight, they will work together: playing.

    In these pages Karla Kuskin and Marc Simont combine their talents to give us a delightful and unusual inside view of one way an orchestra prepares.

    Nominee, 1983 American Book Award Notable Children's Books of 1983 (ALA)
    1983 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
    Outstanding Children's Books of 1982 (NYT)
    A Reading Rainbow Selection
    1983 Teachers' Choices (NCTE)
    Children's Books of 1982 (Library of Congress)

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    The 105 members of the Philharmonic Orchestra get ready for a performance.

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    One of those rare collaborations to which the word classic instantly adheres. .

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    Biography

    Karla Kuskin has written over fifty books for children, including the Philharmonic Gets Dressed, Under My Hood I Have a Hat, and Moon, Have You Met My Mother? She is also the winner of the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry, among other honors. Karla Kuskin lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Bainbridge Island, Washington. And if she were green, she would most definitely be a bean.

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    August 27, 2007: Years ago my son was 5 and had just started violin lessons. The book was a huge hit from the start. Every night before bed he insisted on reading this book, and only this book. And this continued for a long time. I was very pleased to find such a fun, high quality book that specifically had a positive Classical music focus. My son still loves to play the violin. At age 15 he is now 3rd chair in the most advanced youth orchestra in the state. Occasionally I will show him the cover of the book, he gives me a big grin, and will want to flip through it just for fun. What more could you ask for?