Baby Band, Diane Jackson Hill (author), Giuseppe Poli (illus.), New Frontier Publishing, 2017.
With a lively, orchestral celebration of clangs, squeaks, stomps and Cha-Cha-chas, here is a joyous book that is set to get your hearts racing, feet pacing, and instruments hooting and hustling in your own little world. Baby Band is a harmonious arrangement of a musical transformation from solidarity to togetherness.
Upon careful observation of the illustrations we see that despite the people in the apartment block lacking a sense of community, they all have something in common – the arts. Whether it be a picture of dancers, trophies for the performing arts, or large instruments in their grasp, they all seem to enjoy sound. But not the sound of the new baby crying. That is, until the baby makes music of his own with pots and pans, and all the residents decide to ‘band’ together and join in the fun.
Hill’s passion for music emanates through her words, and also through her escalating narrative just like a verse leading up to the chorus. Poli’s loose line and bleeding watercolours resonate with movement and energy to match the flamboyant nature of the story. He has certainly captured the transition between the characters’ separateness and their joining together with his clever use of space. There are also transitions from spectacularly busy and vibrant page spreads to those with more white areas, beautifully reflecting both the high noise level and the necessary pauses, intensifying its dramatic, song-like effect.
Baby Band is delightfully entertaining and engaging for preschoolers with the essences of diversity and community spirit; facilitating a positive message of inclusion and embracing the simple pleasures in life. Go make some noise!
BABY BAND BOOK GIVEAWAY! – CLOSED.
With thanks to the generosity of illustrator, Giuseppe Poli, we have one SIGNED copy to give away!! Hip Hip Hooray!
For your chance to WIN, see instructions below.
How To Enter-
Simply comment here or on the pinned Facebook post with your response to the question:
What is your favourite musical sound?
Conditions–
- Enter as many times as you like.
- Winner will be selected at random.
- Australian residents only.
- Only ONE winner will be drawn. No further correspondence will be entered into.
- Competition runs from 28.4.17 – 12.5.17 11.59PM AEST – Closed.
- This giveaway is not endorsed by Facebook or any entity other than Giuseppe Poli and Just Write For Kids.
8 thoughts to “Review and Giveaway – Baby Band”
Thank you, Giuseppe Poli, for providing a signed copy of the book. My favourite musical sound is jingle bells. Shared on Facebook.
The tambourine – I always wanted to be a back-up singer with a tambourine
What a lovely book. Cello is my favourite musical sound 🙂
Hi Giuseppe. It is so generous of you to provide a copy of ‘Baby Band.’ It is such a fun book. One of my favourite musical sounds is a well played acoustic guitar.
Would love this book! MY favourite musical sound is the beautiful sound of a mandolin xx
The ting of a triangle – ‘ting’
Birdsong
Love the illustrations! I play the sax…because it is my favourite musical sound!