Books like Because

I knew Mo Willems wrote good books, but they can also be beautiful. I love this book so much. It is dear to me. I think any person who has heard a piece of music and loved it so much that it changed your life in that moment and your life was set on a creative path will understand this story. It is fantastic. I hope it gets the Caldecott. It has my vote. We start with how Brahms was influenced by Beethoven to write beautiful music. Musicians practiced long and with care to be able to play the piece. Lots of people set the stage and got the Hall ready for a performance so that the music could happen. And an uncle gets a cold so that a favorite aunt takes this girl to hear Brahms Symphony #8. It transforms this girl and we see her floating on air with the music swirling within her. She begins to practice and is inspired to write music herself. We end with her music being performed on stage. I tell you, anyone that is in the music world can more than likely relate to this story. The art tells the story and I love how the music line is seen and how it entangles in a person. A beautiful story. I loved it so much that I convinced my niece to read it with us. I read it to the whole family actually. The niece loved this book. She thought it was well done but she missed really having a main character. She was glad to see the girl made it to be famous. The niece is a singer and she understands music. She gave this 4 stars. Believe it or not, the nephew also loves music. He’s not so much about singing, but he loves to have it playing in the background. He has found the title track to the Lego Batman movie which is a headbanging piece and he loves it. Of course he does. He thought this was a good book and gave this 3 stars. The parents thought it was an awesome book too. If you are moved by music, I think you should check this out.