Rating: 3.5 starsAudience: grades 3-5Story: Poems about different people stopping by Marisol's father's music store looking for the right music to make their hearts fly home. Writing/Illustrations: The store activity illustrations are black and white. As each customer is identified with his/her music selection, the accompanying illustration pops in color highlighting movement to that selection. This is a great book to use in educational settings but does not seem to be one a child would pick up on his own. I will try to coordinate with music teacher to introduce styles of music and dance and read aloud poetry to help bring this alive for the kids. It's pretty complex - black and white for "story" (which feels historical btw, as where can you find a record store anymore?) and color for the "soul" of each character expressed in different poetry matching his favored music/dance. I found the end notes very useful in giving bits of history to give context to the music. I didn't realize that some of these styles developed in the 20th century influenced by jazz and rock development in U.S.
Marisol helps her father in his music store and learns about the history of Latin music and dance.
—neelzzz
A very creative story about Mexican cultures
—bdlaxbro
It was about dancing.
—rulychdw