My Father, the Panda Killer inventions opera and program music stories

opera and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores

Australia and New Zealand

As powerful and poignant as it is action-packed and page-turning

so they just keep accumulating

This is a book to build confidence and literacy skills through channeling children's imaginations

My Father, the Panda Killer inventions opera and program music storiesSan Jose, 1999. Jane knows her Vietnamese dad can't control his temper. Lost in a stupid daydream, she forgot to pick up her seven year old brother, Paul, from school. Inside their home, she hands her dad the stick he hits her with. This is how it's always been. She deserves this. Not because she forgot to pick up Paul, but because at the end of the summer she's going to leave him when she goes away to college. As Paul retreats inward, Jane realizes