# Symphony for a Broken Orchestra: How Philadelphia Collected Sounds to Save Music

**Author:** Amy Ignatow
**Grade range:** Grades 2–3
**Age range:** 7–9
**First published:** 2022
**Page count:** 39
**Genre:** Picture Book Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781536229301`
**ISBN-10:** `153622930X`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/symphony-for-a-broken-orchestra-how-philadelphia-collected-sounds-to-save-music
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

True story of how Philadelphia's schools turned a warehouse of broken instruments into a symphony to raise money to repair them.

## Where this book is assigned

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

- **recommended** · 2nd 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** · 3rd 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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