Spend a day with composer John Cageāhear what he hears, see what he sees, and get caught up in the music he weaves from his experiences.
A nonfiction picture book perfect for kids ages 7ā10 who love music and exploring the world of sounds around them.
John Cage is a man who makes music with screws and bolts or with rubber bands. Heāll play a toy piano onstage in his suit. Why? To make people listen. To make them think.
As John goes through an ordinary day, he finds that itās full of wonder and full of music. John hears the seeds of music in everything from slippers scuffing on an old wooden floor and water whooshing from a faucet to beeping horns and screeching brakes outside. He even hears music in the silence of the forest as he harvests mushrooms.
Author Gary Golioās poetic text and illustrator Andrea DāAquinoās bright, graphic illustrations remind kids to āopen your ears / open your mind⦠YOU ARE / the music / the noise / the silence.ā
Silence Sounds Simple - Gary Golio & Andrea D'Aquino
Spend a day with composer John Cageāhear what he hears, see what he sees, and get caught up in the music he weaves from his experiences.
A nonfiction picture book perfect for kids ages 7ā10 who love music and exploring the world of sounds around them.
John Cage is a man who makes music with screws and bolts or with rubber bands. Heāll play a toy piano onstage in his suit. Why? To make people listen. To make them think.
As John goes through an ordinary day, he finds that itās full of wonder and full of music. John hears the seeds of music in everything from slippers scuffing on an old wooden floor and water whooshing from a faucet to beeping horns and screeching brakes outside. He even hears music in the silence of the forest as he harvests mushrooms.
Author Gary Golioās poetic text and illustrator Andrea DāAquinoās bright, graphic illustrations remind kids to āopen your ears / open your mind⦠YOU ARE / the music / the noise / the silence.ā