Old Musician, The
Publication Information
Author:  Tornqvist, Rita	Illustrator:  Tornqvist, Marit
Title:  Old Musician, The	Date:  1994
Publisher:  R & S Books	City:  Stockholm
ISBN, paperback:  91-29-622441-1	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, legends, tales and myths
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
A little girl hears an old man playing a flute and initiates his journey as an ever more popular musician of increasing number of instruments until his celebrity invades his private life.
Teaching Ideas:
The book would lend itself to 3-tiered comprehension strategies of 1) literal (Are the instruments real?); 2) interpretive (Why was the old man filled with longing? Or Why did he get upset with the telescope?); and 3) applied (How does the story relate to famous people today? What parallels exist with the movie The Truman Story?). For predictive strategies, students might want to discuss or write about what happens after the book ends.
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