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Building an Orchestra of Hope: How Favio Chavez Taught Children to Make Music from Trash

Carmen Oliver, illustrated by Luisa Uribe

This illustrated true story follows music teacher Favio Chavez in Cateura, Paraguay, where families live and work among landfill waste. Hoping to offer music lessons to local children, Favio soon faces a practical obstacle: there are more students than instruments. He responds with an unusual idea rooted in the town’s recycling work, imagining an orchestra made from recycled materials. The book centers on music, shared effort, and inventive responses to limited resources.

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Themes
Community · Environment · Music · Problem Solving
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Published
October 25, 2022
Pages
44
ISBN-13
9780802854674
Language
English
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