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Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

by Rafael López

Picture book · ages 4–8 · grades K–3 · 620L · 2019

Why we'd hand it over

A luminous picture-book biography with Rafael López's signature watercolor style; introduces kids to a remarkable pianist most have never heard of, and the historical detail (Civil War, Lincoln) anchors it genuinely rather than sentimentally.

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Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Rafael López (ages 4–8) — ChapterScout