• Colorful, stylized illustrations make historical and contemporary figures warm and engaging
• Biographies are written in a style that will appeal to younger readers, whether they are reading themselves or having an adult read to them
• Portraits are deliberately diverse along gender, racial, and geographic lines
• Diverse, relatable figures help kids see that composers include people who "look like me"
• Modern composers are also included, to show that composers are more than just historical figures
• The Skin You Live In, a teacher and parent favorite also illustrated by David Lee Csicsko, is now in its 16th printing

Formato	Tapa dura
Número de Páginas	112
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Trope Publishing Co.
Fecha de Publicación	2023-06-13
Dimensiones	9.6" x 7.5" x 0.6" pulgadas
Serie	People
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Edad	8-12

Ferguson, Emi

Emi Ferguson has brought her love of music and performing to audiences around the globe, sharing the stage as a flute player, singer, and composer with performers including Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, James Taylor, and four U.S. Presidents. Emi loves to collaborate with composers to help shape the future of music in addition to looking back to the past, imagining what historical composers might have wanted their music to sound like. Born in Japan and raised in London and Boston, Emi moved to New York City to study at The Juilliard School where she is now a faculty member.

Csicsko, David Lee

David Lee Csicsko is an award-winning artist and designer whose distinctive artwork, stained glass, and mosaics beautify train stations, hospitals, churches and universities across the Midwest and East Coast. His many credits include designing the Obamas' White House Christmas in 2012. David's lively illustrations can also be seen in The Skin You Live In from the Chicago Children's Museum, now in its 16th printing, as well as in LGBTQ+ Icons and Science People. Through his use of color, bold graphics and playful patterns, David Lee Csicsko celebrates the richness and diversity of life.

Bernstein, Jamie

Jamie Bernstein is a writer, broadcaster, and filmmaker, and author of Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein. She travels the world as a concert narrator, and her documentary, Crescendo: The Power of Music, is now available on Netflix. She lives in New York City.

Csicsko, Nicholas

Nicholas Csicsko is fascinated by the connection between music, economics, and the world. After receiving a Doctorate of Music in composition from The Juilliard School, Nicholas has gone on to become an institutional investor, managing the endowments for multi-billion dollar non-profit organizations. He continues to lecture and write about the intersection between music and finance and loves to play the piano in his free time.