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Standing Ovation for "The Man with the Violin"
…12, when the world premiere of the orchestral adaptation of the book, The Man with the Violin, ended. Behind the orchestra was a large wide screen on which was projected…
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World Premiere – The Man with the Violin
…piece Annick Press created for the show and you’ll see exciting news about another story about that “man with the violin”, when he was just a boy with a violin….
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Another Man with Another Violin
If The Man with the Violin has whet your appetite for another story about a man and a violin — and even if it hasn’t — I have to recommend…
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A Digital Book Award (and more fun) for The Man with the Violin
Excited to be heading to Washington D.C. in a couple of days to celebrate The Man with the Violin with a joint signing with Joshua Bell – the man with…
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The Man with the Violin at The Bookshelf
Thanks to the great staff at The Bookshelf in Guelph for welcoming me, The Man with the Violin, and three musicians into the store on Saturday. Starting at 10:45 or…
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Celebrating “The Man with the Violin”
…Guelph or Washington D.C. on those dates, fear not. What better way to celebrate, wherever you may be, both The Man with the Violin and the man himself than by…
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What does "The Man with the Violin" really care about?
As my loyal followers know, “the man with the violin” in The Man with the Violin (now available) is Joshua Bell. As well as caring about making beautiful music, this…
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The Man with the Violin
The Man with the Violin Illustrated by Dušan Petričić Published by Annick Press What happened when a world class violinist performed and almost no one listened Age Level Kindergarten to…
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Introducing: The Man With the Violin
…And last week it has gone to press! (It will be available in September 2013.) Look carefully at the cover to find out: who is that man with the violin?…
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The Man with the Violin Goes to Brazil
Of course Joshua Bell – the man with the violin himself – has been travelling internationally years now. But the book inspired by his concert in a metro station is…
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Storywalk with The Man with the Violin
…picture book to feature at a music festival than . . . The Man with the Violin! If you’ll be in the area then, be sure to check it out!…
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Books and Violins and Music in General
…Bell’s Stradivarius? You can read the story of the violin on his website. (You won’t see it in a store window anytime soon.) The man and his violin are also…
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How does it feel to have won the TD Children’s Literature Award?
…that man with the violin. And that’s how Dylan — someone who noticed things — was born. Thanks to everyone at Annick Press who believed in The Man with the…
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Exciting News for The Man with the Violin
…multi-talented composer Anne Dudley has been laying the groundwork for a musical treatment of the book — for orchestra, solo violin, and narrator. Normal – an animation/video design company from…
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Meeting Joshua Bell
…was even more exhilarating than I’d imagined it could be when I wrote these words (in my upcoming fall book, The Man with the Violin): “The high notes soar to…
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Children’s Book Resources During Covid19 and Beyond
…the covid19 pandemic, it also offers a sneak peek at one of Kathy’s upcoming books. The Man with the Violin — 5:12 An interview with author Kathy Stinson and illustrator…
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Announcing . . . The Dance of the Violin!
A new picture book about Joshua Bell by the same team that brought you The Man with the Violin. This interview with Open Book will tell you all about it….
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“Music Tells A Story”
…Man With The Violin is going to the Suzuki String School of Guelph Spring Concert! On Sunday, April 27 at 3 pm at the River Run Centre in Guelph, Kathy…
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One Book, Two Books
…this year’s “One Book” title, I couldn’t help thinking that The Man with the Violin would make the perfect companion title — for those readers too young to take on…
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Why did Joshua Bell do it again?
…of a social experiment. I wonder if he’s been asked more often since the publication of The Man with the Violin which has attracted awards all over the States and…
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Where you'll find me in Autumn 2017
…The Canadian premiere of a multi-media version of The Man with the Violin at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. From the NAC website: Composer Anne Dudley brilliantly transforms Kathy…
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A Happy Way to End (Almost) 2017
It was a traveling sort of December, most recently to Ottawa for the Canadian premiére of the musical adaptation of The Man with the Violin. Very exciting to celebrate this…
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Home
…The Man with the Violin Jun 22, 2016 | 4 Comments New editions – Korean and Portuguese coming soon too. But that’s not all that’s been happening with this book…
Read More...Biography and High Res Photo
…for young people including the classic Red Is Best and the award-winning The Man with the Violin based on the imagined experience of a child hearing Joshua Bell play in…
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Across this Country
…her kids’. My reading of The Man with the Violin went over well at that session and then again later, after catching up with folks at the Woozles booth, on…
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Pleasant Memories of Book Week
…me. I first toured for Book Week in 1983, half my lifetime ago. With enthusiasm to share The Man with the Violin and fond memories of earlier travels, I applied…
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“Let’s Read!”
My thanks to the Family Literacy Committee of Brant for choosing The Man with the Violin as the book they would plan events around to encourage family reading this year…
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Another Peek at Where I Write
…student in South Korea when Sylvia McNicoll and I represented Canada at the Seoul International Book Fair in 2017. The youngster in the drawing is listening to a “man with…
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Why Zora? Why Walter? Why Ivy? and Other Name Decisions
…I later found out that Toby was the name of the illustrator’s son, who had died far too young. Dylan in The Man with the Violin is Dylan because I…
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Awards For Picture Books The Man with the Violin Winner of TD Children’s Literature Award Winner of Digital Book of the Year Award Winner of the Eric Hoffer Award Winner…
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…flight, and Zora (like soar?) was the best I could do. Dylan in The Man with the Violin is Dylan because I wanted a name from the world of music…
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…Dagg, the world’s leading expert on giraffes. Who is that man playing violin? Dylan wants to stop and listen but there’s no time – until later. A joyful celebration of…
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Read by the Sea
What a great way to kick off summer — with a Nova Scotia literary festival! Quite apart from the fun of reading The Man with the Violin accompanied by The…
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“Who should I get to illustrate my manuscript?”
…you’ve written to a publisher? Why not order your own copy of this guide by the author of such classics as Red is Best and The Man with the Violin?…
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November Beauty
…walking with my dog recently, thinking about The Man with the Violin and how people like it in part for how it celebrates how good kids are at noticing beauty…
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One Woman’s Story About Red
…reading of a book about music history and so I mentioned to her The Man with the Violin on the off chance she might be interested. She recalled that the…
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Celebrating Excellence in Canadian Children’s Literature
Facebook reminded me recently that one year ago The Man with the Violin won a TD Children’s Literature Award — as if I will ever forget such a fantastic season…
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Why Colour? Why B&W?
Ever wonder why only some of the people in The Man with the Violin (now available in paperback) are in colour? Nan Forler, a writer-friend who happens to also be…
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First Book Canada
…some of them. When I handed one boy his copy of The Man with the Violin he asked me, “Do I bring it back tomorrow?” When I told him he…
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O Homem do Violino, Violinist, and Now…
Slowly but surely The Man with the Violin is making its way into the world outside of North America. Esrarengiz Kemanci is its sixth translation…
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Kathy Goes To Korea – A Slideshow
…how thoroughly they have embraced Red Is Best, The Man with the Violin, King of the Castle, and What Happened to Ivy. Thanks especially to Yoo-Kyung Choy, who organized school…
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Coming Soon!
…November 22 for a chance to receive a signed copy of The Man with the Violin. And stay tuned! My next “Coming Soon” may well be announcing my next book!…
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A Peek at Where I Write
…Petričić, his illustration for the last page of the story part of The Man with the Violin. How lucky I was that Annick Press hired him to bring his talent…
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The Rock and the Butterfly
The Man with the Violin Illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan Published by Orca Book Publishers What is a butterfly to do when the rock they’ve always counted on being there isn’t?…
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