Winner of the Pura Belpr Illustrator Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book In soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael L pez tell the story of Teresa Carre o, a child prodigy who Played Piano for Abraham Lincoln.
So famous, in fact, that President Abraham Lincoln wanted her to play at the White House Yet with the country torn apart by war, could Teresa\'s music bring comfort to those who needed it most?.
Still, Teresa kept playing, and soon she grew famous as the talented Piano Girl who could play anything from a folk song to a sonata.
Worst of all, there was fighting in her new home, too--the Civil War.
Teresa felt lonely in this unfamiliar place, where few of the people she met spoke Spanish.
Then a revolution in Venezuela forced her family to flee to the United States.
Soon she was writing her own songs and performing in grand cathedrals.
If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the Piano helped her share that joy.
As a little girl, Teresa Carre o loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano.
Winner of the Pura Belpr Illustrator Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book In soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael L pez tell the story of Teresa Carre o, a child prodigy who Played Piano for Abraham Lincoln
