Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport
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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
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- 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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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Susan Hood
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Author Interviews 12
Meet-the-Author Recording with Susan Hood
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Interview with Sally Wern Comport
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award
Interview with Susan Hood
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award
Interview with Susan Hood
Created by James Preller
Interview with Susan Hood
Created by Kid Lit Frenzy
Américas Award acceptance speech by Sally Wern Comport
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Américas Award acceptance speech by Susan Hood
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Interview with Sally Wern Comport
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Interview with Sally Wern Comport
Created by Truly Amazing Women, LLC
Interview with Susan Hood
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Interview with Susan Hood
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Interview with Susan Hood
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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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