Book details

  • Genre:education
  • Sub-genre:Elementary
  • Language:English
  • Pages:32
  • Paperback ISBN:9781483588643

Strings

By Rich McPherson

Overview

Strings is a story about a grandchild growing up with the love for music thanks to time spent with their grandfather. Transitioning from childhood to adulthood, the story takes our two main characters through the growing pains of life - whereby the grandfather aiding his grandchild in times of need - would visit with his guitar to ‘play the pain away’. As the two grow older, their relationship becomes distant, but not forgotten. Strings provides opportunities for children, parents, and educators to explore patterns, music, and emotion. 

As an added feature to the book, you can log onto the authors website to listen to the Strings song to be played in the final stages of the story.

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Description

Strings is a story about a grandchild growing up with the love for music thanks to time spent with their grandfather. Transitioning from childhood to adulthood, the story takes our two main characters through the growing pains of life - whereby the grandfather aiding his grandchild in times of need - would visit with his guitar to ‘play the pain away’. As the two grow older, their relationship becomes distant, but not forgotten. Strings provides opportunities for children, parents, and educators to explore patterns, music, and emotion. 

As an added feature to the book, you can log onto the authors website to listen to the Strings song to be played in the final stages of the story.

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About The Author

As a lifelong singer and songwriter, Rich found a career in education, spending time as a teacher, researcher and educational multimedia developer. Displaying interest in learning the guitar as a teenager, Rich received his very first guitar from his Grandpa Charlie. This guitar, his musical background, educational experiences and having two young children are the inspiration for this book. Rich hopes this book serves as a platform for learning and generating discussion around patterns, the joy of music, and how it affects our emotions. Featured at the end of this book is a song titled “Strings” written and performed by Rich which can be found through his website www.cantsitstill.ca/strings
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