John Herzog and I are blowing our own horns as we celebrate the birthday of our new picture book, CLARINET AND TRUMPET! Join in the fun by entering the giveaway for an author-signed copy of the book.
CLARINET AND TRUMPET is a friendship story. Friendships aren’t always easy, and sometimes we need a little reminder — like Clarinet gets in this book — about the importance of our friends.
Melanie Ellsworth with her clarinet
CLARINET AND TRUMPET is also a story about community. In a band, each instrument’s voice is unique and important. When you put all those voices together, you have big, beautiful, bold MUSIC! I hope this book makes readers laugh at the musical puns and the instruments’ antics. But I also hope it reminds us all that it takes a multiplicity of voices to make something bigger, better, and more beautiful, whether it’s a school or a business or a town or a country (or a book!).
To learn more about CLARINET AND TRUMPET, tune in to my book talk here:
Thanks to my editor, Chris Krones at HMH, for all her fine-tuning work on CLARINET AND TRUMPET, to my agent, Christa Heschke, and her assistant, Daniele Hunter, for helping me stay upbeat during submissions, and for my critique group for their sharp eyes as they read my stories. And thanks to my family, who lets me know which of my ideas are a bit flat.
For any readers out there who love clarinets, trumpets, and the Cantina tune from Star Wars, check out this duet.
And here’s a joke shared by one of my critique partners in honor of CLARINET AND TRUMPET’S birthday:
Where do clarinets go when they get sick?
Walter Reed.
Stay tuned for the May 5 webinar event at Print: A Bookstore with me and John Herzog to discuss the making of CLARINET AND TRUMPET.
Giveaway Details
For a chance to win a copy of CLARINET AND TRUMPET, enter the Rafflecopter below by 11:59 p.m. PT on April 5. I’ll announce the winner on Twitter!
Book Details
CLARINET AND TRUMPET
by Melanie Ellsworth,
Illustrated by John Herzog Pub Date: March 30, 2021
ISBN: 978-0358107477
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Photo by Amy Wilton
Melanie Ellsworth writes picture books, including HIP, HIP…BERET! (HMH, 2021) and CLARINET AND TRUMPET (HMH, 2021). Over the years, Melanie has played a variety of instruments, including the piano, saxophone, and clarinet. She has yet to try out the trumpet. (Pssst … don’t tell anyone, but clarinet is her favorite!) Visit Melanie at her website, on Twitter, Instagram, or on Facebook.