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Books For Youth - Fiction - Fantasy
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Mole Music.
McPhail, David (author).
Illustrated by David McPhail.
Mar. 1999. 32p. Holt, hardcover, $15.95 (0-8050-2819-6). PreS-Grade 3.
REVIEW.
First published February 15, 1999 (Booklist).
Mole resides in a cozy home underground, living a pleasant if dull life, digging by day and watching television by night. After hearing a violinist on television, he sends away for a violin, and from that point on he devotes his evenings to music. Although at first he sounds terrible, he continues to practice for years until he becomes better than the violinist he first heard. McPhail gives us a picture book in the truest sense because the second part of the story is told strictly through the illustrations. A tree gradually grows over Mole’s house. Children can see animals and then people being drawn to the tree by the sound of Mole’s music, while, Mole, below ground, wishes people could hear him. McPhail’s delicate watercolor-and-ink illustrations work with the simple text to create a lyrical celebration of music and musicians--even opposing armies stop their battle to listen to the beautiful sounds coming from below ground. Be sure not to miss the initial illustrations, which appear before the title page. (Reviewed February 15, 1999)— Susan Dove Lempke
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