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Synopsis
When Frederic Pipkin is born, his parents are sure he has musical talent, but it isn't until after his unsuccessful lessons on various instruments that he finds his true calling
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"In an appealing Canadian import, Gillmor takes an offbeat approach to the dreaded subject of music lessons. . . The illustrations, with their exaggerated figures, limpid watercolors, and nervous line, are full of great touches.
-- "Kirkus"
"Gilmour makes some excellent dry comedy out of his straightforward language. . . Marie-Louise Gay's illustrations suit the comic, improvisational tone and theme of the story. She uses scribbly lines and loose washes of bright colour -- and streams of musical notation, grim and annoying or bright and loopy as fits the mood, that fly out of the double-spread pages like banners of sound.
Recommended."
-- "CM Magazine"
"In an appealing Canadian import, Gillmor takes an offbeat approach to the dreaded subject of music lessons. . . The illustrations, with their exaggerated figures, limpid watercolors, and nervous line, are full of great touches.
-- Kirkus"Gilmour makes some excellent dry comedy out of his straightforward language. . . Marie-Louise Gay's illustrations suit the comic, improvisational tone and theme of the story. She uses scribbly lines and loose washes of bright colour -- and streams of musical notation, grim and annoying or bright and loopy as fits the mood, that fly out of the double-spread pages like banners of sound.
Recommended." -- CM MagazineAbout the Author
Don Gillmor is an award-winning journalist and travel writer. As a children's author, he has also been highly successful. The Fabulous Song, illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay, won the Mr. Christie Book Award, and like The Christmas Orange, was nominated for the Governor Generals Award for text.
Marie-Louise Gay is a Fitzhenry and Whiteside author.
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- PublisherStoddart Publishing,Canada
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0773728600
- ISBN 13 9780773728608
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorGay Marie-Louise
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Fabulous Song Gillmor, Don and Gay, Marie-Louise
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
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Condition: USED_FINE. Gay, Marie-Louise (illustrator). Seller Inventory # 65123-2
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The Fabulous Song
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Stoddart, Toronto, 1996
ISBN 10: 0773728600
ISBN 13: 9780773728608
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Seller: Homeward Bound Books, Campbellcroft, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (illustrator). First Edition. [32] p. 27 cm. Sound and square binding in glossy, illustrated boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. Light rubbing and scratches. Two prize-winner stickers on upper board. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. The story of a boy named Frederic who doesn't want to play the piano, or any other instrument in the orchestra, but discovers an affinity for conducting. Winner of both a Governor General's Literary Award and a Mr. Christie's Book Award. Seller Inventory # 3360
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The Fabulous Song
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Condition: USED_ASNEW. Gay, Marie-Louise (illustrator). The book is in a good readable condition. The spine and cover shows minimal signs of wear. May have limited notes or highlighting/underlining. Seller Inventory # BR23-G-0773728600-027
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