Moses Goes to a Concert
Illustrator
Isaac Millman
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Year
1998
ISBN
9780374453664
Pages
40 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Moses and his class of hearing-impaired students go on a field trip to a concert, they meet the orchestra's deaf percussionist, in a story that includes signed phrases and the manual alphabet.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
AD670L
Diversity Topics
Culture/Ethnicity; Disability and Health; Bilingual; Physical disability; ASL/English; deaf; deaf children; hearing loss; hard of hearing
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 1999 Ages 5 to 9
Booklist Book Review Stars, 1998
Keywords
sign language; orchestra; percussion; musicians; field trip; concert; drums
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Millman, Isaac, "Moses Goes to a Concert" (1998). Diverse Families. 1575.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1575