ADA'S VIOLIN: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
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The news is out and I can finally talk about the book I've been
working on for the past year! Perhaps you've seen the Recycled
Orchestra on 60 Minutes? Or in the brand-new movie entitled
the Landfill Harmonic? Each chronicles the story of children growing
up on a landfill in Paraguay, one of the poorest slums in all of
South America. One day, an environmental engineer named Favio
Chávez had the ingenious idea of building musical instruments from
the trash. With the help of Nicholás Gómez, they transformed oil drums
into cellos, water pipes into flutes and baking trays into violins! How do
they sound? Just listen!
ADA'S VIOLIN, to be published next spring by Simon and Schuster,
tells the story of these amazing kids through the eyes of Ada Ríos,
the young girl who grew up to become a first violinist in the
orchestra, playing to sold-out crowds around the world. Illustrations
by Sally Wern Comport just came in and they're stunning. So
excited about this book!
