A young girl and her grandfather set out one morning to find the perfect
branch for Grampa to carve. Grampa says he's going to make a flute, but
the girl is doubtful. She has been to a concert in the city, and knows
what a flute looks like. How can her grandfather make one out of a tree
branch? But Grampa knows what he is doing and, after finding the right
branch, they return home, where he whittles away until the branch is no
longer a branch, but a wonderful flute.
Set in rural Nova Scotia in one of Canada's oldest black communities,
Music from the Sky captures the special relationship between a girl and
her grandfather.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6
With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story
and define the role of each in telling the story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.