Jubilee!: One Man's Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763658564)

An exuberant picture book applauds the man behind the 1869 National Peace Jubilee, the largest and loudest concert the world had ever seen -- or heard.

As a young boy growing up in Ireland, Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore loved music -- the louder, the better This love of music followed him to Boston in 1849, where he became a bandleader. During the brutal Civil War, it was music that kept up his spirits and those of his fellow soldiers. So when the war ended and peace was restored to the country, Patrick had an idea. He would create the biggest, boldest, loudest concert the world had ever known to celebrate. A peace jubilee But with twelve cannons, forty church bells, one thousand musicians, and ten thousand singers, just how would all of this sound? Matt Tavares's spirited illustrations burst with sound words in perfect harmony with Alicia Potter's triumphant story of the joy of music.

Author: Alicia Potter
ISBN-10: 0763658561
ISBN-13: 9780763658564
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2014
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 10.80w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 165745 / Jubilee! One Man's Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace

Award: Lupine Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/27/2014
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2014
Booklist 02/15/2014 pg. 69
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2014
School Library Journal 05/01/2014 pg. 150
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 55
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 180 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw