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Gabriella's Song

illus­trat­ed by Giselle Pot­ter
Aladdin, 2001
978–0689841750
ages 4 to 8

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Gabriella’s Song

In the streets and canals of Venice, Gabriel­la can hear noth­ing but sweet music. The dry­ing laun­dry goes slap-slap, 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.

Awards and Honors

Gabriel­la’s Song Class­room Guide

Awards and Honors

  • ALA Chil­dren’s Notable Book
  • Junior Library Guild Selection
  • NOTE Notable Chil­dren’s Book in the Lan­guage Arts
  • Par­en­t’s Choice Sil­ver Hon­or Book
  • Pub­lish­ers Week­ly Best Book of the Year

Reviews

“Del­i­cate ren­der­ings of Venet­ian life set the stage for this heart­warm­ing tale of a girl with a song in her heart that kin­dles emo­tion and inspi­ra­tion in every­one who hears it.” (Pub­lish­ers Week­ly, Best Books)

“This love­ly cumu­la­tive tale would make a fine readaloud, a fine tel­laloud, and oh, heck, a fine sin­ga­loud, too”. (Bul­letin of the Cen­ter for Chil­dren’s Books)