Gabriella's Song - Paperback

by Candace Fleming (Author), Giselle Potter (Illustrator)

A girl listens to the music of her beautiful city of Venice in this meditative board book full of onomatopoeia that will have young readers swaying to the rhythm by award-winning author Candace Fleming!

In the streets and canals of Venice, Gabriella can hear nothing but sweet music. The drying laundry goes slap-slap and the church bells go ting-aling-ling. Soon, Gabriella is humming her way through town--and everyone hears her song! Some find it sad, others smile when they hear it, but none can forget the beautiful melody. Before long, a certain struggling composer is inspired by Gabriella's music and a beautiful symphony is born.

Back Jacket

In the streets and canals of Venice, Gabriella can hear nothing but sweet music. The drying laundry goes flap-flap, the church bells go ting-aling-ling, and the lire go jing-aling-ling. Soon, Gabriella is humming her way through town -- and everyone hears her song! Some find it sad, others smile when they hear it -- but none can forget the beautiful melody. Before long, a certain struggling composer is inspired by Gabriella's song -- and a beautiful symphony is born.

An ALA Notable Book

A Publishers Weekly Best Book

Author Biography

Candace Fleming has been honored with both the Margaret A. Edwards Award and the Children's Literature Legacy Award for her lasting impact on children's literature. She is the acclaimed author of numerous books for children, including Penny & Pip; the Bulldozer books; Our Eleanor and Ben Franklin's Almanac, both ALA Notable Books and ALA Best Books for Young Adults; as well as Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! and Sibert Medal honorees The Honeybee and The Giant Squid. She lives in a suburb of Chicago.

Giselle Potter has illustrated many books, including Mary Morland in the Time of Dinosaur Discovery by Jane Kurtz, Once Upon a Fairy Tale House by Mary Lyn Ray, Try It! by Mara Rockliff, All by Himself? by Elana K. Arnold, and Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, as well as her own Tell Me What to Dream About, This Is My Dollhouse, The Year I Didn't Go to School, and Simona and Her Forest Family. She lives in Rosendale, New York, with her husband and two daughters. Visit her at GisellePotter.com.