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Manuelo the Playing Mantis

Manuelo the Playing Mantis

Book by Don Freeman
3.8/5 · Goodreads 3.8/5 · AbeBooks
One warm summer evening, a lonely praying mantis named Manuelo listens to the music of an outdoor concert. Manuelo wishes that he, too, could make music like the crickets and the katydids. But the instruments he makes don't play. ... Google Books
Author: Don Freeman
Genre: Fiction
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The book encourages appreciation of music and contains several lovely descriptions such as him making a flute from a cattail reed and a trumpet from a trumpet ...
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Longing to become a musician himself, Manuelo is disappointed to discover that he makes no sound when he rubs his legs against his wings ("the way crickets and ...
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Manuelo wants to make music. He tries to make his own musical instrument, but fails the first few times. Finally with the help of an unlikely ally for a mantis, ...
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One warm summer evening, a lonely praying mantis named Manuelo listens to the music of an outdoor concert. Manuelo wishes that he, too, could make music ...
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Manuelo is a praying mantis who spends summer evenings listening raptly to outdoor concerts. How he longs to join in! But though he tries to make a flute from a ...
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A music-loving praying mantis listens appreciatively to an orchestra, longing to become a musician himself. PW called this posthumously published work by ...