Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport
From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
Year Published 2016
Word Count 1,297
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 184419
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Music
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Orchestral musicians--Paraguay--AsuncioÌn--Juvenile literature
- Child musicians
- Asunciaon
- Bordados, Ada Maribel Rios
- Orchestra
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Orchestra--Paraguay--AsuncioÌn--Juvenile literature
- Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados Cateura
- Paraguay
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Instruments
- Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados Cateura--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Classical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Bordados, Ada Maribel Rios--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Recycling & Green Living
- Lists With This Book
- Just, Inclusive Society
- 3rd-5th Grade
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Susan Hood about Ada's Violin
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Susan Hood
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Common Core Curriculum Guide from Author's Personal Website
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
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Teaching Ideas from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
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Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Texas Bluebonnet Award
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Awards & Distinctions 7

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2021
Commended, 2017

Américas Award, 1993-2020
Winner, 2017

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Arts Selection, 2016
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