Grammy nominated musician Valerie Junes Somebody to Love The Story of Valerie Junes Sweet Little Baby Banjolele is a childrens book based on the story of how June wrote the song "Somebody to Love" from her album Pushin Against a Stone. In the book, Valerie is a child given a toy banjolele. A banjolele is a very unique fourstringed musical instrument. It has a body like a small banjo, and the neck is like a ukulele. At the beginning, the baby banjolele dreams that its voice will soar and be heard all throughout the world, but very soon its musical journey meets with challenges and doubts. The little banjolele just could not play through a whole song! Valerie and banjolele want to play with the other instruments at school, but the others make fun of the banjolele saying " Youre just a toy". Embarrassed the banjolele, once more, can not finish the song. But "I have a dream, and I want to sing," the toy banjolele stubbornly refuses to give up. Finally, the toy finds the courage, and belief, and love it needs, coughs out a last bit of dust, and belts out a gorgeous a song. Valerie names the banjolele Baby and both go on to perform all over the world together forever. Valerie June the adult says of her banjolele "As I traveled the world telling the story of my banjolele, I always knew it would make an uplifting childrens book. It wasnt until I got a call from the Presidents Committee on the Arts and the Humanities that I was encouraged to sit down and write it out. One of the...

Binding: Hardback;70 pages; Publisher: Third Man Books; Classification: YFB; Weight: 726 g; Dimensions: 261 x 261 x 13

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