Tallulah dreams of playing the tuba, but she's small and the tuba is very large. Everyone around her tells her to wait until she's bigger, but Tallulah can't wait -- she just has to play the tuba in her school band. With determination and a lot of creativity, Tallulah hatches a plan that she hopes will turn her musical dream into reality.--$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2019.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- jC813/.6 [Fic]
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781773213101 1773213075
- LCCN
- PZ7.S868
- LCCN Item number
- Tal 2019eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (32 unnumbered pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00240260 (OCoLC)1085353157 (CaOOCEL)457402
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Tiffany Stone Sandy Nichols 1
- Tallulah wants to play the tuba. 4
- So she joins the 4
- More than anything. 4
- Although she is the youngest 5
- Tallulah can already read music. 5
- Plus she has 6
- And strong muscles. 6
- But Tallulah is tiny. 7
- The tuba is not. 7
- Mr. Greenwood 9
- Im sorry Tallulah 9
- Tallulah stands on her chair. 10
- Now Im not she says. 10
- Thats true Tallulah 10
- Tallulah sits down and tries the piccolo. 11
- It does not go 11
- The sound is 12
- At supper Tallulah eats an 13
- And afterwards at the park she hangs from 14
- First by her arms. Then by her legs. 14
- It doesnt help. 14
- Tallulah doesnt get any taller. 14
- All she gets are blisters and a 14
- At home Tallulahs mom says 15
- Just wait Tallulah. Youll grow. 15
- But Tallulah cant wait. 15
- She buzzes her lips 16
- She knows all the notes. 16
- And presses pretend 16
- Every time she has band 17
- She stacks up all the music 17
- Thats very inventive 18
- Tallulah says Mr. Greenwood 18
- She uses a stepladder 19
- And a pair of stilts from the gym. 20
- Tallulah tries everything she can think of. 21
- She even gets her friends to 23
- She can finally reach 24
- But . . . 24
- Tallulah says Mr. Greenwood 25
- Im sorry but the tuba is just 25
- I know . . . says Tallulah. 25
- She feels tears sneak into her eyes. 25
- Unless . . . 26
- The tuba is too big for her. 26
- Tallulah has an idea. 26
- And theres nothing 26
- The next time she has band practice 27
- Tallulah gets there early and goes to work. 27
- Before Mr. Greenwood arrives 28
- Tallulah talks to the rest of the band. 28
- Grab your music stands and 28
- When Mr. Greenwood walks in 29
- Outside the air is filled with music. 30
- From flutes clarinets and saxophones. 30
- Trumpets and trombones. 30
- And . . . a tuba. 30
- Tallulah asks Mr. Greenwood. 31
- The music stops and the other musicians step aside. 31
- I wasnt too tiny says Tallulah. 31
- The tuba was too big. But I fixed that. 31
- Mr. Greenwood smiles. Then he lifts up his baton. 32
- Okay everyone are you ready to play 32
- But the biggest 32
- The whole band shouts Yes 32
- Tiffany Stone Sandy Nichols 34
