Brundibar, Hardcover/Tony Kushner

Awards Notable (2003) - Sydney Taylor Book Award - (Older Readers) Winner (2003) - Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - (Gold) Contributor(s): Author: Tony Kushner Illustrator: Maurice Sendak When Aninku and Pepicek discover one morning that their mother is sick, they rush to town for milk to make her better. Their attempt to earn money by singing is thwarted by a bullying, bellowing hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, who tyrannizes the town square and chases all other street musicians away. Befriended by three intelligent talking animals and three hundred helpful schoolkids, brother and sister sing for the money to buy the milk, defeat the bully, and triumphantly return home. Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp Review citations BookPage - pg. 30 - 10/01/2003 Publishers Weekly / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 72 - 11/03/2003 Publishers Weekly / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 72 - 11/03/2003 Publishers Weekly / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 72 - 11/03/2003 Publishers Weekly / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 72 - 11/03/2003 Publishers Weekly / Highly Recommended - pg. 72 - 11/03/2003 Kirkus Review - Children / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 1312 - 11/01/2003 Kirkus Review - Children / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 1312 - 11/01/2003 Kirkus Review - Children / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 1312 - 11/01/2003 Kirkus Review - Children / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 1312 - 11/01/2003 Kirkus Review - Children / Highly Recommended - pg. 1312 - 11/01/2003 Kirkus Review - Children - pg. 1404 - 12/01/2003 Booklist - pg. 602 - 11/15/2003 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks - pg. 155 - 12/01/2003 Horn Book Magazine - pg. 69 - 01/01/2004 School Library Journal / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 118 - 12/01/2003 School Library Journal / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 118 - 12/01/2003 School Library Journal / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 118 - 12/01/2003 School Library Journal / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 118 - 12/01/2003 School Library Journal / Highly Recommended - pg. 118 - 12/01/2003 New York Times - pg. 22 - 11/16/2003 Voice of Youth Advocates - pg. 48 - 04/01/2004 Hornbook Guide to Children / Superior - pg. 48 - 07/01/2003 Hornbook Guide to Children / Good - pg. 48 - 07/01/2003 Hornbook Guide to Children / Reviewed - More Editing Needed - pg. 48 - 07/01/2003 Hornbook Guide to Children / Superior - pg. 48 - 01/01/2004 Hornbook Guide to Children / Good - pg. 48 - 01/01/2004 Hornbook Guide to Children / Reviewed - More Editing Needed - pg. 48 - 01/01/2004