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The 39 Apartments of Ludwig van Beethoven
By Winter, Jonah & Blitt, Barry
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37583-602-2
- Publisher
- New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
Gr 2-5 This offbeat picture book blends facts with bits of quirky, occasionally amusing speculation. Beginning with the composers birth in 1770 (the wild-haired infant cries to the tempo of his famed Fifth SymphonyWah Wah Wah Wah), Winter reveals that the adult Beethoven lived in 39 different apartments in and around Vienna. If readers wonder why he relocated so often, the tongue-in-cheek text cites such reasons as forgetting to pay rent, the hideous stinky smell from a nearby cheese shop, and noise complaints f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
