This autobiographical picture book by the multiple Grammy
Award-winning singer Roberta Flack recounts her childhood in a home
surrounded by music and love: it all started with a beat-up piano that
her father found in a junkyard, repaired, and painted green.
Growing up in a Blue Ridge mountain town, little Roberta didn't have
fancy clothes or expensive toys...but she did have music. And she
dreamed of having her own piano.
When her daddy spies an old, beat-up upright piano in a junkyard, he
knows he can make his daughter's dream come true. He brings it home,
cleans and tunes it, and paints it a grassy green. And soon the little
girl has an instrument to practice on, and a new dream to reach for--one
that will make her become a legend in the music industry.
Here is a lyrical picture book--perfect for aspiring piano players and
singers--that shares an intimate look at Roberta Flack's family and her
special connection to music.