Release Date: September 9, 2025
Size: 8.5x11”
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-57869-208-8
Library of Congress Control Number: TBD
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SYNOPSIS

The Violin family plays new music and makes new friends in this second children’s picture book by award-winning author and teaching cellist Melissa Perley.

On a cold, snowy day, Celia Violoncello meets her neighbor, Clarence Clarinet, a woodwind who looks and sounds different from anyone in her string family. They spend a wonderful afternoon making new music together. When Celia tells her family about her new friend, it’s clear they don’t approve. Clarence is a different shape and color, and he doesn’t even have strings—how can he make beautiful music?

But when Celia’s family overhears them making joyful new sounds as their strings and reeds harmonize, the Violin family welcomes Clarence to play with them and even share in their favorite meal—pancakes and hot cocoa!

Perley once again shows young readers the power of music to bring people together in this picture book about a friendship that harmonizes instruments from different families.

PRAISE for “The VIolin Family”

“The Violin Family celebrates the voices and musical personalities that make up a string quintet. Educational and entertaining, this delightful children’s book is soon to become a favorite of musicians and readers young and old.”

–Jennifer Churchman, New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Pea & Friends

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“The Violin Family is an enchanting tale about a family of five string instruments who love playing music and living together in their little Vermont home.”

–Amy Edelman, IndieReader founder

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