The Sad Story of Veronica Who Played the Violin: Being an Explanation of Why the Streets Are Not Full of Happy Dancing People

By David McKee

Book Overview

A darkly comic tale from Elmer creator David McKee When Veronica learned to play the violin, at first she was awful. It was terrible for the neighbors. But she practiced, and her skill became so... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916291375
• ISBN13: 9780916291372
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Kane Miller Book Pub
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Veronica's sad story is great.

It is all about a girl named Veronica, who plays the violin. People cry because she plays so nice. She takes a trip to the jungle. She travels with some fearless hunters. When the animals appeared the hunters ran away. Veronica played beautiful music and the animals partied. But then a deaf lion came and he did not know about the music and he ate Veronica. This is why the world is not full of happy dancing people!! I love this book!

you'll laugh out loud!

I bought this book because it made me laugh out loud in the shop when I got to the ending. "Mothers are always right!"... Veronica plays violin beautifully, but terribly sadly... in every picture there are tears tears tears. One day Veronica who is now a star decides to get away from it all and go for a trip to the jungle... incredibly enough she plays music for vicious beasts but it is HAPPY music!! Yes, she will go back and play differently and the streets will be full of happy dancing people, rather than rivers of tears... but then.... Well, you will have to read it yourself for the explanation of why the streets are not full of happy dancing people. So sad you'll laugh!The watercolor illustrations are great, with even the birds crying. The layouts are charming, and you can spend an enjoyable half hour searching out the tiny lion motifs hidden on the pages.A highly recommended book with a great sense of humour, foreshadowing, suspense, character development and a climax ending... what more can you ask of a picture book?!

Great Fun!

I teach Grade One and my class love this book. It is a fun story with lots of Mr. Mckee's colourful, and rather surrealist, illustrations. This story has a good balance of comedy, tragedy and a sense of the ridiculous. Anyone who has read and enjoyed Not Now, Bernard will love this one.