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The New York Times bestselling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, Joanna Ho, delivers a poignant picture book biography about the musician Yo-Yo Ma, immigration, and using music to build bridges.
Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award Honor * Featured in Book Riot's Must Read September 2021 List
"By examining the life of Ma, whose story resonates with courage, persistence, and unity, Ho inspires readers to break barriers of their own." --Horn Book (starred review)
"Everyone can benefit from Ho's message of music bringing calm and peace to the world." --Booklist
"Hopeful and lovely." --Kirkus
"An ambitious portrait of a storied humanitarian with a clear message of advocacy." --Publishers Weekly
Joanna Ho's lyrical writing and Teresa Martinez's vibrant art weave together to tell an inspiring story of Yo-Yo Ma, who challenges conventions, expectations, and beliefs in order to build bridges to unite communities, people, and cultures. A beautiful picture book biography to enjoy and share in the home and the classroom.
Before Yo-Yo Ma became one of the most renowned and celebrated cellists, he wanted to play the double bass. But it was too big for his four-year-old hands. Over time, Ma honed his amazing talent, and his music became a reflection of his own life between borders, cultures, disciplines, and generations.
Since then, he has recorded over a hundred albums, won nineteen Grammy Awards, performed for eight American presidents, and received the National Medal of the Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, just to name a few accomplishments.
Staying true to himself, Yo-Yo Ma performed at the US-Mexico border at the Rio Grande on April 13, 2019, as part of his multi-continent "Bach Project" tour to prove a point--through music, we can build bridges rather than walls between different cultures.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Employing the refrain "feet planted on the soil of one nation,/ eyes gazing at the shores of another," Ho pens a time-travelling free verse profile of Parisian-born, Chinese American cellist Yo-Yo Ma, former child prodigy and current philanthropist, multi--Grammy Award winner, and a 2011 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Using Ma's Bach Project as framework--specifically 2019 performances along the U.S.-Mexico border opposing anti-immigrant rhetoric--Ho surveys Ma's background and accolades, as well as the multicultural origins of his cello: "Pieces united in one instrument,/ one language." Digital art by Martinez has a softly rounded, approachable feel, depicting emotion-filled people of differing abilities, religions, sizes, and skin tones in a mellow palette. An ambitious portrait of a storied humanitarian with a clear message of advocacy. Back matter features more information on the figure and his music, and an author's note. Ages 4--8. (Sept.)
Booklist Review
"Yo-Yo Ma uses art to push boundaries," explains the detailed notes on the famous cellist's life that close this stirring yet gentle book. The main text tells of when Ma transcended a boundary, however, playing at the U.S.--Mexico border as part of a day of action on April 13, 2019. "Feet planted on the soil of one nation, facing the shores of another"--a phrase repeated several times here--Ma played a solo from Bach's cello concertos. These pieces of music were only rediscovered in recent decades, a tale that's also told in the text and notes by Ho (Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, 2021), alongside details of Ma's life and groundbreaking, award-winning performances. Martinez' full-spread watercolors on each spread start with close-up and bird's-eye-views of Ma playing at the Rio Grande and his audience looking on, followed by other dreamy, musical-note-filled creations depicting moments in the musician's life and craft. Introspective children will enjoy this quiet work, and everyone can benefit from Ho's message of music bringing calm and peace to the world.