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by Katherine Chow (Author), Jordan Eusebio (Illustrator)
Meet Quinn the shrimp, a tiny virtuoso violinist with big, musical dreams.
When Quinn joins the symphony orchestra for the first time, he's met with a cacophony of clashing sounds. The toot toot of the flute...the plucka ding ding of the pipa...the bah dum of the tuba...what a mess! Will these silly shrimp every learn to play together? With catchy rhymes, playful onomatopoeia, and bright, colorful illustrations, Silly Shrimphony is an exciting celebration of eastern and western instruments, melodies and harmonies, and the magic of teamwork. Silly Shrimphony is a fun, rhyming music book that introduces children to different instruments in a symphony orchestra, including both classical orchestral instruments as well as Chinese instruments. Each instrument has playful onomatopoeia highlighted, making the book both fun to read and hear aloud. With playful onomatopoeia and bright, colorful illustrations, Silly Shrimphony is an exciting celebration of eastern and western instruments, melodies and harmonies, and the magic of teamwork. Free audio readings in English and Mandarin Chinese or English and Cantonese by scanning the QR code on the back cover of the book.- SUPPORTS EARLY LEARNING & EDUCATION. Bitty Bao bilingual books are fun with engaging illustrations to make language learning fun for everyone. CULTURAL LEARNING MADE FUN. Music is universal, and Silly Shrimphony seamlessly brings eastern and western cultures together through instruments in an orchestra. FOUR VERSIONS OF EVERY BOOK AVAILABLE: Mandarin with Traditional Chinese characters, Mandarin with Simplified Characters, Cantonese, and English Only. EARLY LITERACY TOOL WITH ZHUYIN, PINYIN, or JYUTPING PHONICS SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT READING CHINESE. Bitty Bao books have all the necessary language elements to support each family member wherever they may be in their language journey. Mandarin with Traditional Chinese books include Zhuyin and pinyin, Mandarin with Simplified Chinese books include pinyin, and Cantonese books include jyutping. FREE BILINGUAL AUDIO READING IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE AVAILABLE FOR EVERY BOOK. Soothing reading voices from real moms.
Author Biography
Katherine Chow is a devoted mother of three, happily married to her husband, Josh. Born in Taiwan and raised in Singapore, Australia, and Texas, she is fluent in Mandarin, thanks to her mother's Taiwanese heritage. As a former elementary school teacher, she has a love for children's literature and finds joy in creating storylines that spark interest and wonder in young readers. Writing this book has been especially close to her heart, since she began her musical journey at the young age of five. Katherine plays the piano, violin, and pipa. She was in orchestra throughout middle and high school, and she also eventually joined the prestigious Houston Youth Symphony. In between the joyful chaos of motherhood and finding the best coffee shops, Katherine found a way to channel her creativity by starting a small business, Kindred Roots Collection. She now spends most of her days making concrete planters with her friend and business partner, Jane. As a self-proclaimed "crazy plant lady," Katherine nurtures both her family and her greenery. She now resides in Colorado where she enjoys the sunshine and all the beauty of nature the state has to offer.
Jordan Eusebio is a Filipino-Chinese American artist in Los Angeles, California. When she's not pushing pixels as a graphic designer, she's illustrating silly shenanigans inspired by her interests such as art, music, the ocean, groan-worthy puns, and fantasy. In her work, she enjoys mashing together completely different concepts to create funny, whimsical, and weird works of art. Jordan's life as a musician began at age five, when she started learning the piano, and expanded when she joined middle school band as a clarinetist. In high school, she switched to alto saxophone, which she played for marching, concert, and jazz bands. After many years of not playing Available for Salely, she missed music and yearned to play in an ensemble again. She decided to learn the cello and now plays with a local community college orchestra to keep that magic alive.
