{"product_id":"what-music-the-fifty-year-friendship-between-beethoven-and-nannette-streicher-who-built-his-pianos-hardcover","title":"What Music!: The Fifty-Year Friendship Between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurie Lawlor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBecca Stadtlander\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrings quivered. Notes shimmered. Meet best friends acclaimed composer Ludwig van Beethoven and bold female entrepreneur Nannette Streicher in this lively and lyrical nonfiction picture book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn a tall, narrow building on a wide avenue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003epianos plinked and plunked day and night.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEveryone in quiet Augsburg knew the Stein home.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat music!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1787, aspiring yet unknown composer Ludwig van Beethoven arrives at young Nannette Stein's home. What follows is a decades-long friendship that persists whether life hits a low or high note. Acclaimed nonfiction writer Laurie Lawlor deftly depicts how these two fascinating friends--a composer with hearing loss and a woman who became an innovative piano maker in a time that discouraged female entrepreneurship--fought the odds and worked together in perfect harmony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of picture book biography \u003ci\u003eFearless World Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, Lawlor masterfully uses forgotten historical letters, a glossary, and rich back matter on both friends' lives and art to introduce readers to the man behind the music, from his loud laughter to his crushing handshake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComplete with \u003ci\u003eFearless World Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e collaborator Becca Stadtlander's intricate mixed-media artwork, \u003ci\u003eWhat Music\u003c\/i\u003e deftly dives into musical history-and herstory-in an intimate yet expansive picture book biography that hits just the right note.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Lawlor \u003c\/b\u003eis a prolific and celebrated author of children's books. Her picture book biography Rachel Carson and her Book That Changed the World was named a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year and a National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book and received the John Burroughs Riverby Award. Her Super Women: Six Scientists Who Changed the World was named a NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book. She lives and teaches in the Chicago metropolitan area. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecca Stadtlander \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning illustrator and fine artist. She won the Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration for \u003ci\u003eMade By Hand: A Craft Sampler\u003c\/i\u003e. She also illustrated \u003ci\u003eOn the Wing\u003c\/i\u003eby David Elliott, which received two starred reviews as well as a Golden Kite Award. She attended the Maryland Institute College of Art and currently lives and works in her hometown of Covington, Kentucky.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 10.2 x 8.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47389116891314,"sku":"9780823451432","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/024b52591da967b2ec3fb6c6c668fc00.webp?v=1777927546","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/what-music-the-fifty-year-friendship-between-beethoven-and-nannette-streicher-who-built-his-pianos-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}