Something Wild
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Performance jitters lead to some imaginative what ifs before a little girl finds her confidence.
Hannah loves to play her violin—as long as no one is watching. On the day of the recital, she’s wishing something wild would happen so she won’t have to go. Perhaps a dolphin will jump out of the fountain and carry her away, or a giant rabbit will abscond with her violin. Hannah’s big imagination dreams up all kinds of entertaining scenarios that could change the course of her day, but what actually happens is the most amazing of all!
Children and grown-ups alike will relate to Hannah’s stage fright and get a laugh out of all her wishful thinking. Most importantly, they will be right there beside her on recital day when something wild—and beautiful—happens.
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A young violinist triumphs over stage fright in a vividly illustrated picture book that visualizes imaginative flights. Dreading performing for an audience at her violin recital, pale-skinned Hannah wishes something "wild" would happen "so she wouldn't have to go." Her imagination supplies outrageous scenarios—birds whisk away her performance togs, a rabbit steals her violin, a dolphin carries her off—but Hannah nevertheless soon finds herself onstage, where "her stomach clenched,/ her legs wobbled,/ and her heart pounded." But when she starts to play for the diverse audience, she has the most "wonderfully" wild experience of all as natural images grow up around her, rooting her right where she is. Balls of golden light and speckles of white stardust add ethereal vibes to Ruttan's movement-filled mixed-media illustrations, while visceral text that employs a participatory refrain focuses the story on the emotional roller coaster of live performance. Ages 3–7.
