{"product_id":"what-music-laurie-lawlor-9780823451432","title":"What Music!: The Fifty-Year Friendship Between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos","description":"\u003cb\u003eStrings quivered. Notes shimmered. Meet best friends acclaimed composer Ludwig van Beethoven and bold female entrepreneur Nannette Streicher in this lively and lyrical nonfiction picture book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn a tall, narrow building on a wide avenue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003epianos plinked and plunked day and night.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEveryone in quiet Augsburg knew the Stein home.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat music!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1787, aspiring yet unknown composer Ludwig van Beethoven arrives at young Nannette Stein's home. What follows is a decades-long friendship that persists whether life hits a low or high note. Acclaimed nonfiction writer Laurie Lawlor deftly depicts how these two fascinating friends--a composer with hearing loss and a woman who became an innovative piano maker in a time that discouraged female entrepreneurship--fought the odds and worked together in perfect harmony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of picture book biography \u003ci\u003eFearless World Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, Lawlor masterfully uses forgotten historical letters, a glossary, and rich back matter on both friends' lives and art to introduce readers to the man behind the music, from his loud laughter to his crushing handshake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComplete with \u003ci\u003eFearless World Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e collaborator Becca Stadtlander's intricate mixed-media artwork, \u003ci\u003eWhat Music\u003c\/i\u003e deftly dives into musical history-and herstory-in an intimate yet expansive picture book biography that hits just the right note.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie Lawlor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823451437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823451432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 8.10w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 101","brand":"Laurie Lawlor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120360255743,"sku":"9780823451432","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee9c5ba2-a0f7-498a-910e-bfbbfc98b0fd.jpg?v=1687413910","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-music-laurie-lawlor-9780823451432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}