Do Re Mi: If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido D'Arezzo, by Susan Roth, 2007 Houghton Mifflin Books for ChildrenA dear blog reader recomended this picture book on the life of Guido d'Arezzo, the Benedictine monk who came up with the system for writing music one thousand years ago--the same system we still use today. I requested it via inter library loan since our library does not own the title.
I liked the way the life of the monks is described, but I wonder about the illustrations... in the book the monks look more like Dominicans in white habit... Honestly, my wish is for the book to be re-ilustrated by another artist! Still, a very nice cultural picture book and... you may not mind the style of the illustrations!
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I feel the same way about Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by
Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Brooke Dyer. I thought the "lessons" were cute and smart, but the illustrations really turned me off. So much so I didn't even read it to the kids at all.
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