{"product_id":"listen-how-evelyn-glennie-a-deaf-girl-changed-percussion-hardcover","title":"Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShannon Stocker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDevon Holzwarth\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* Schneider Family Book Award Winner * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. (Cover may vary) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"No. You can't,\" people said.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut Evelyn knew she could. She had found her own way to listen.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the moment Evelyn Glennie heard her first note, music held her heart. She played the piano by ear at age eight, and the clarinet by age ten. But soon, the nerves in her ears began to deteriorate, and Evelyn was told that, as a deaf girl, she could never be a musician. What sounds Evelyn couldn'thear with her ears, though, she could \u003ci\u003efeel\u003c\/i\u003e resonate through her body as if she, herself, were a drum. And the music she created was extraordinary. Evelyn Glennie had learned how to listen in a new way. And soon, the world was listening too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Radiant.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Perfect for elementary school readers . . . Excellent.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSLJ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautiful.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eA Mighty Girl \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lyrical . . . 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Shannon currently serves as SCBWI social co-director for Louisville, a judge for Rate Your Story, and created the blog series, Pivotal Moments: inHERview, highlighting transitional life stories of female picture book authors. She is also the author of the picture book \u003ci\u003eCan U Save the Day?\u003c\/i\u003e and the 21st Century Junior Library: Together We Can: Pandemic early reader series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDevon Holzwarth grew up in Panama with the jungle as her garden and parrots and iguanas as pets. Devon earned her BFA in 2000 from the Rhode Island School of Design, focusing on screen printing and painting. Childhood memories and her collection of vintage children's books strongly inspire her work. 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