Illustrator: C.F. Payne
Genre: Picture book
Sub genre:
Theme: Talent, Interests, Music, and Leadership
Primary and Secondary Characters: Farkle McBride
Award(s) date of publication: 2000
Publishing company: Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Brief Summary: Farkle McBride is a musical prodigy. He is very young and first starts out enjoying one instrument. Once he masters one, he becomes bored with it and begins to play more and more instruments. He experiences frustration because he can only enjoy instruments for so long before they are old to him. One day, the band conductor becomes very ill, and Farkle is asked to take over. Farkle McBride saves the day and finds his true passion as conductor.
How it would be used in a classroom setting: This book is very entertaining and the pictures are cute/funny. I think this would work best during a lesson break or on a fun day. This book would really appeal to students who appreciate and enjoy playing music or listening to it. I think it sends a positive message to try to pursue dreams and possibly leadership roles. It's a great book, I had so much fun reading it, and I think students will love it as well.
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