Berlioz and his Bear orchestra are playing the gala ball in the village square at eight o\'clock.
This delightful cumulative tale is one that will be looked at again and again..
Jan Brett\'s glorious illustrations invite the eye to linger over exquisite details and humorous nuances that enhance the story.
When the clock chimes eight, the animals, ready to dance, have filled the square-but there\'s no sign of Berlioz.
Time is running out, and if a rooster, a cat, a billy goat, a plow horse, and an ox can\'t rescue the bandwagon, who can? As the suspense mounts, intricate borders reveal the village animals making their way to the square one by one.
But Berlioz is so worried about his buzzing bass that he steers the mule and his bandwagon full of magicians into a hole in the road and gets stuck.
What\'s that strange buzz coming from the double bass? Berlioz has no time to investigate, because he and his Bear orchestra are due at the gala ball in the village square at eight. zum, zum, buzz...
A Reading Rainbow Feature Title Zum, zum, buzz....
Full color.
Quintessential Brett and a pleasure to behold.--Booklist.
Who will rescue the wagon? Readers will be surprised at the answer.
But a strange buzzing sound coming from inside Berlioz\'s double bass causes him to steer the mule-driven bandwagon of musicians into a hole in the road.
Berlioz and his Bear orchestra are playing the gala ball in the village square at eight o\'clock
