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By William Anderson,Linda Graves

From "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens" to "Doe, a deer, a feminine deer," many folks have grown up buzzing the tunes or making a song the lyrics to the songs from the loved motion picture The Sound of song. yet what's the genuine tale at the back of the courageous von Trapp kin? V is for von Trapp: A Musical relatives Alphabet supplies a behind-the-headlines examine this real-life making a song relatives made well-known within the vintage motion picture. beginning with their idyllic adolescence in Austria the place their love of song and acting started, writer William Anderson takes readers alongside at the family's brave mountaintop break out from Nazi gurus to their new lifestyles in the United States and the well-known von Trapp kin resort within the Vermont hills. Meet made up our minds Maria, the rushing Captain, and their gifted young ones; the well-known von Trapps whose existence tale captivated hundreds of thousands and maintains to encourage with its legacy of wish and success. writer, historian, and lecturer William Anderson did huge examine and interviews with the von Trapp kinfolk. His past ebook with dozing endure is M is for Mount Rushmore: A South Dakota Alphabet. William lives in Lapeer, Michigan. Linda Graves is the illustrator of over 30 kid's books, released around the globe. She was once born in Eureka, California, and graduated with a level in representation from San Jose kingdom collage. Linda is a member of the Western Massachusetts Illustrators Guild, and lives within the woods of Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

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