Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad by James Rumford
Photo credit: Myra Garces-Bacsal (2014). bit.ly/3miqgEy
Reviewed by Hania Mariën
Audience: Ages 5-10
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad tells the story of a young boy named Ali and his daily childhood adventures—learning to write calligraphy, playing soccer, making his father laugh—as well as his yearning for peace amidst a time of war.
The illustrations in Silent Music capture precisely that—the silent music of calligraphy that dances around in Ali’s head. Done in pencil and charcoal, enhanced on the computer, and combined with textures and colors that seem to jump off the page, James Rumford’s illustrations make you want to touch the images as if you are in the scenes with young Ali as he learns calligraphy.
Read along with REACH founder and director Sarah Dryden-Peterson as part of the “Books of Belonging” series at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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