The Piano Recital

Akiko Miyakoshi, Akiko Miyakoshi

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Kidscan Press
01 November 2019

Children's & Educational; Picture books

"An enchanting new story from Akiko Miyakoshi.

It's the day of Momo's first piano recital. As she nervously waits for her turn to play, she tells herself, ""I'll be okay ... I'll be okay ..."" Then she hears a voice nearby, also saying, ""I'll be okay ... I'll be okay ..."" It's a mouseling! And the little mouse is nervous about her first performance, too. The mouseling invites Momo through a small door backstage, where Momo is amazed to find a miniature theater filled with an audience of finely dressed mice there to watch singers, dancers and circus performers! When it's the mouseling's turn, Momo agrees to accompany her on piano. The mouse audience is so appreciative! But then, as she rises to take her bow, Momo is surprised to discover - it isn't a mouse audience at all!

Here's another magical, dreamlike picture book from Akiko Miyakoshi, the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author-illustrator. The imaginative narrative is woven around the common childhood experience of anxiety, felt by performers but also by every child who faces a new life challenge. Momo serves as a wonderful example to children, using the power of her imagination to understand and work through her feelings. Even the youngest readers will be able to follow this story through the beautiful and fantastically detailed illustrations, which perfectly capture Momo's emotions as she transitions from the real to the imagined and back again.

AGES: 3 to 7

AUTHOR: Akiko Miyakoshi was born in Saitama, on the island of Honshu in Japan. She began creating picture books while studying visual communication design at Musashino Art University. Her first picture book, The Storm, won the Nissan Children's Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix."

By: Akiko Miyakoshi
Illustrated by: Akiko Miyakoshi
Imprint: Kidscan Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 275mm, Width: 195mm,
ISBN: 9781525302572
ISBN 10: 1525302574
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 01 November 2019
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Akiko Miyakoshi was born in Saitama, on the island of Honshu in Japan. She began creating picture books while studying visual communication design at Musashino Art University. Her first picture book, The Storm, won the Nissan Children's Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix.Akiko Miyakoshi was born in Saitama, on the island of Honshu in Japan. She began creating picture books while studying visual communication design at Musashino Art University. Her first picture book, The Storm, won the Nissan Children's Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix.

Reviews for The Piano Recital

... a feast for eyes and ears that children will enjoy.--CM Magazine ... among the best bedtime books ever written.--Chicago Tribune A soothing, fanciful adventure ...--Kirkus Reviews Honoring imagination, this enchanting fantasy offers alternatives and antidotes to anxiety.--School Library Journal, starred review Miyakoshi conjures an edgy magic ...--Booklist This lovely little story can be used as a great tool for a child with performance anxiety.--ABQLA This story ... fulfills the wish of reluctant recital players (and some nonrecitalists as well) to find themselves in another world entirely.--Publishers Weekly