![]() ![]() ![]() Still, Teresa kept playing, and soon she grew famous as the talented Piano Girl who could play anything from a folk song to a sonata. Worst of all, there was fighting in her new home, too-the Civil War. Teresa felt lonely in this unfamiliar place, where few of the people she met spoke Spanish. ![]() Then a revolution in Venezuela forced her family to flee to the United States. Soon she was writing her own songs and performing in grand cathedrals. If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the piano helped her share that joy. In soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael López tell the story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.Īs a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. Winner of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award ![]()
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