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Song in the City

by Daniel Bernstrom

Finding music in the everyday

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Hardcover New English

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year pick

    Selected as a Best Children's Books of the Year pick.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Finding music in the everyday

A young blind girl and her grandmother share a way of hearing their busy city as music, connecting its everyday sounds with the familiar sounds of church. Their exchange brings together two generations through listening and a shared family bond. In this 40-page picture book, the city’s soundscape is central to the story, alongside themes of understanding, love, and joy.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in stories about family relationships across generations.
  • Young readers who enjoy picture books centered on music and the sounds of city life.
  • Families looking for a story featuring a blind child.

Themes

Multigenerational family relationshipsMusic and everyday soundsBlindnessLove and understanding

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Book overview

From Daniel Bernstrom, the acclaimed author of One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, comes a charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city.

A young girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved city, shares a song with her grandmother that changes the two forever. After helping Grandma realize that the city makes music as beautiful as the sounds they hear in church on Sunday morning, the two sit down and take in all the sounds of the city...together.

Song in the City bridges the gap between generations of music and family, while centering love, understanding, and joy.

A Bank Street College of Education's Children's Book Committee's Best Children's Books of the Yearpick!

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