Before Music: Where Instruments Come From Sheila Kanani From the elegant typography and

From the elegant typography and silhouetted endpapers to the twelve color plates and the addition of myriad decorative elements — ornamental heads

From the moment Sunny Nwazue discovered she had mystical energy flowing in her blood

Ember fears he’ll never collect a respectable hoard of gold until a chance encounter with a baker causes his fortunes to turn (and his stomach to grumble)

She understands that Safi could learn how to control her magic under the apprenticeship of a king's magician

and the truth comes spilling out

Before Music: Where Instruments Come From Sheila Kanani From the elegant typography andFrom award winning author Annette Bay Pimentel and illustrator Madison Safer, Before Music is an oversize nonfiction picture book exploring how music and musical instruments are made across time and around the world. Music doesn't come out of nothing. It always starts somewhere . . . with something . . . with someone. Discover how music is made in this survey of musical instruments from around the world. Organized by material from wood to gourds to