Book cover photo for Music from the Sky
Music from the Sky
Denise Gillard
A young girl and her grandfather set out one morning to find the perfect branch for Grampa to carve. Grampa says he’s going to make a flute, but the girl is doubtful. She has been to a concert in the city, and she has seen what a flute looks like. How can her grandfather make one out of a tree branch? But Grampa knows what he is doing and, after finding the right branch, they return home, where he whittles away until the branch is no longer a branch, but a wonderful flute. Set in rural Nova Scotia in one of Canada’s oldest black communities, Music from the Sky captures the very special relationship between a girl and her grandfather.
Language: English
Format: hardcover
Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Pages: 32
Categories: African Americans
Illustrators: Stephen Taylor
Publishers: Groundwood Books
Created: 2026-08-11T19:21:37.206018Z
Updated: 2026-08-11T19:21:37.206018Z