Piper Chen Sings
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Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An empowering story about a girl who turns her performance jitters into confidence when faced with singing a solo at her school concert. Inspired by the childhood experience of award-winning actress Phillipa Soo who originated the role of Eliza in Hamilton.
Piper Chen loves nothing more than to sing. She sings to the sun, and she sings to the moon. She sings to her stuffed animals and with the birds outside her window. So, when her music teacher asks if Piper would like to sing a solo in her school’s Spring Sing, all she can say is “yes!” But as practice continues, doubt and worry creep in and Piper’s confidence wavers. She feels like butterflies are having a dance party in her belly. At home, Piper finds Nai Nai, her grandmother, at the piano. They’ve always shared a love of music, and Piper knows if anyone can help her through the unsettling feeling in her stomach and to shine her brightest at the Spring Concert, it’s Nai Nai.
First time picture book writers and sisters-in-law, Phillipa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran along with acclaimed illustrator Qin Leng have created a cheerful intergenerational and stunning story that inspires confidence in the face of nervousness
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Sisters-in-law Soo and Doran team up in an energetic debut that centers mindfulness and intergenerational wisdom. Twirling, bouncing, and hopping through her day, Piper Chen is "always singing out a tune." When her music teacher offers her a concert solo, enthusiastic Piper "lets her excitement answer, ‘Yes!' " Soon after, however, butterflies start "having a dance party in my belly" and she no longer feels like singing. Fortunately, Piper's empathetic Naˇi Nai has a strategy to help, reframing the butterflies as visitors noting "when something exciting was ahead." Feeling the butterflies on performance day, Piper refocuses on the "love... fluttering through her, her family and friends, and her loving Naˇi Nai." Leng's vivacious artwork captures the drama and intensity of childhood experiences, from Piper's wide-mouthed, splayed-fingered singing in music class to a dejected face-plant on her bed. Piper's Chinese American heritage threads through text and illustration, and a glossary and pronunciation guide translates Standard Mandarin Chinese words used in the text. Background characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 4–8.
