Music inspires friendship and a life full of dreams and adventure in this wordless picture book from Milan Pavlović.
When a fish hears the singing of a violin, it is drawn out of the water and into the world of a young musician sitting on a shady bench. Soon fish and boy are flying over the rooftops together, past lively street musicians, a flock of birds, then from planet to planet, before landing back on earth for an idyllic afternoon in the park. In a forest of giant dandelions they discover a little house where a band plays cheerily, then, swept up by the wind, they tumble past a familiar-looking tree and bench, where the violin lies waiting to be played once more.
Milan Pavlović’s wordless picture book celebrates the joy to be found in music, friendship, dreams and adventure.
Key Text Features
illustrations
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Music inspires friendship and a life full of dreams and adventure in this wordless picture book from Milan Pavlović.
When a fish hears the singing of a violin, it is drawn out of the water and into the world of a young musician sitting on a shady bench. Soon fish and boy are flying over the rooftops together, past lively street musicians, a flock of birds, then from planet to planet, before landing back on earth for an idyllic afternoon in the park. In a forest of giant dandelions they discover a little house where a band plays cheerily, then, swept up by the wind, they tumble past a familiar-looking tree and bench, where the violin lies waiting to be played once more.
Milan Pavlović’s wordless picture book celebrates the joy to be found in music, friendship, dreams and adventure.
Key Text Features
illustrations
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
| Published By | Groundwood Books Ltd — May 1, 2021 |
| Specifications | 32 pages | 8 in x 11 in |
| Keywords | music; power of imagination; friendship; bedtime; magic; summer; dreams; nature; fish and marine life; happiness in old age; appreciation; respect for community; respect for environment; low level wordless text; determining importance; inferring; imagining; Common Core aligned; CC Literature Key Ideas and Details; CC Literature Integration of Knowledge and Ideas; grade 1; grade 2; picture book; illustrations; |
| Written By |
MILAN PAVLOVIĆ lives in Toronto with his family. When he is not illustrating picture books, drawing or playing the ukulele, he is teaching visual communication and illustration at OCAD University and Seneca College. He has illustrated over fifty children's books including Son of Happy by Cary Fagan, The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle by Anne Renaud, and Moon Wishes by Guy and Patricia Storms. He created the lyrical wordless picture book Sonata for Fish and Boy. |
| Illustrated by |
MILAN PAVLOVIĆ lives in Toronto with his family. When he is not illustrating picture books, drawing or playing the ukulele, he is teaching visual communication and illustration at OCAD University and Seneca College. He has illustrated over fifty children's books including Son of Happy by Cary Fagan, The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle by Anne Renaud, and Moon Wishes by Guy and Patricia Storms. He created the lyrical wordless picture book Sonata for Fish and Boy. |
| Written By |
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MILAN PAVLOVIĆ lives in Toronto with his family. When he is not illustrating picture books, drawing or playing the ukulele, he is teaching visual communication and illustration at OCAD University and Seneca College. He has illustrated over fifty children's books including Son of Happy by Cary Fagan, The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle by Anne Renaud, and Moon Wishes by Guy and Patricia Storms. He created the lyrical wordless picture book Sonata for Fish and Boy. |
| Illustrated by |
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MILAN PAVLOVIĆ lives in Toronto with his family. When he is not illustrating picture books, drawing or playing the ukulele, he is teaching visual communication and illustration at OCAD University and Seneca College. He has illustrated over fifty children's books including Son of Happy by Cary Fagan, The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle by Anne Renaud, and Moon Wishes by Guy and Patricia Storms. He created the lyrical wordless picture book Sonata for Fish and Boy. |
| Audience | ages 3 to 7 / grades P to 2 |
| Key Text Features | illustrations only |
| Common Core | CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7 |
Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Recommended Reads, 2022
A loving ode to art forms that transcends language.
” —Kirkus ReviewsAn imaginative wordless picture book that takes readers on a journey of discovery.
” —Globe and Mail[A] well-orchestrated, wordless appreciation of music and friendship … grounded in solid storytelling.
” —Quill & QuireThis enjoyable, wordless story is a delightfully accessible tale for readers of all ages.
” —School Library JournalThe book demonstrates the power of music to transport us to different places and to transform the ways in which we see the world.
” —CM Review of MaterialsAn inventive celebration of music, imagination, and friendship.
” —Publishers WeeklyWith sound conveyed in the colours and shapes, Milan Pavlović allows the movements of this sonata to carry readers through quiet reveries and joyous exuberance, imaginative frolics, and tempestuous storms.
” —CanLit for LittleCanadians Blog