# Building an Orchestra of Hope: How Favio Chavez Taught Children to Make Music from Trash

**Author:** Carmen Oliver
**Grade range:** Grades K–1
**Age range:** 4–7
**First published:** 2022
**Page count:** 44
**Genre:** Picture Book Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781467465908`
**ISBN-10:** `1467465909`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/building-an-orchestra-of-hope
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

True story of Favio Chávez, who taught children in Cateura, Paraguay, a town built on a landfill, to play instruments made from the trash around them.

## Where this book is assigned

### South Dakota Prairie Bud, Bloom & Pasque Awards

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · South Dakota — [source: South Dakota Library Association — Children's Book Award Nominations 2024-2025 (Prairie Bud PreK-1 · Prairie Bloom 2-3 · Prairie Pasque 4-5)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.sdlibraryassociation.org/resource/resmgr/awards/childrens/2023-24/2024-2025_nominations.pdf)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · South Dakota — [source: South Dakota Library Association — Children's Book Award Nominations 2024-2025 (Prairie Bud PreK-1 · Prairie Bloom 2-3 · Prairie Pasque 4-5)](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.sdlibraryassociation.org/resource/resmgr/awards/childrens/2023-24/2024-2025_nominations.pdf)

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