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Gr 2–5—With lilting text and stunning art, Flack's lovely autobiographical picture book highlights little Roberta's passion for music and the love of a family with little means who supported their daughter's big dreams. "I'd use my elbows on the ebonies/ because my fingers were too short./ Mother and Daddy were so tickled by that—/ and so proud too." The rhythmic and inviting narrative shares how her father found an upright in the junkyard, rescued it,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More