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Igor, the Bird Who Couldn't Sing.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Igor, the Bird Who Couldn't Sing, by Satoshi Kitamura. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (19 Union Square W., New Fork, NY 10003), 2005. 40 pp. $i6.
As a musician, teacher, a teacher of teachers and a mother of two girls, ages 5 and 2, I found this delightful children's book resonating with me on many levels. In our family, Satoshi Kitamura's work already is beloved. Titles such as Cat is Thirst, Dog is Hungry, and Duck is Dirty, were among the first board books that my children, as toddlers, carried around with them, gnawed on and forced my husband and me to read to them over and over and over again.
My 5-year-old giggled aloud at the silly premise of a tone-deaf and rhythmically challenged bird, Igor, who sets out in search of music lessons. His teacher, Madam Goose, does her very best, but concedes defeat after trying everything in her power to help Igor.
Everywhere Igor turns, he is surrounded by music ...
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