Building an Orchestra of Hope: How Favio Chávez Taught Children to Make Music from Trash
Author: Oliver, Carmen
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.0
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
875
Points per Word
0.000571
Page Count
44
Points per Page
0.011364
Description
In Paraguay, music teacher Favio Chávez longed to help the families living and working amid the hills of trash. Favio started giving music lessons to Cateura's children, but soon he encountered a serious problem. He had more students than instruments.