Violet's Music by Angela Johnson is a great book for young kids who may not have had the opportunity to play "organized music" yet. This book centers around a young girl named Violet who even from when she was just hours old, was banging her rattle around because she just loved music. She made music everywhere she went, but she could never find anybody to play music with her (until the end of the story, of course). This story gives kids a great message of individuality. It teaches them that they don't need to be in an organized group of people in order to make music, nor do they need to do it a certain way. They can make music with anything they can get their hands on, as long as they're having fun doing it! We put so much emphasis on joining choirs and orchestras and bands, but music is for everyone and music is for everywhere, too.
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