The Fabulous Song - Hardcover

Don Gillmor (author); Michelle Campagne (author); Davy Gallant (author) & Marie-Louise Gay (illus)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2923163176 ISBN 13: 9782923163178

Publisher: The Secret Mountain, 2006

Synopsis

Oh, that darn Frederic Pipin! He'll do anything to get out of learning how to play an instrument, much to the chagrin of his loving parents who named him after the great Chopin. One day however, the little fellow falls under the spell of an amazing conductor and owns up to his name by spinning some magic and writing a fabulous song!

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Review

"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 Magazine

About the Author

Don Gillmor is the author of several children's books, published in many countries, including The Fabulous Song, which won the Mr. Christie Book Award and was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award. Michelle Campagne is a founding member of the folk-roots group Hart-Rouge, which has released more than 10 albums. The single ""Inconditionnel"" earned them a SOCAN Award, for one of the most played songs on French commercial radio in 1990. Over the last 20 years, the band has performed throughout the world including appearances at the legendary Newport Folk Festival and the Francofolies festival in Larochelle, France. She lives in Drummondville, Quebec. Davy Gallant is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer who has worked with Roch Voisine, Garou, Chloe Ste-Marie, Connie Kaldor, Lennie Gallant, and Kain, among others. He lives in Drummondville, Quebec. Marie-Louise Gay has received the Vicky Metcalf Award, the Governor General's Literature Award twice, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie's Book Award, the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, and has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award as well as the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Secret Mountain
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 2923163176
• ISBN 13: 9782923163178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 44