Curious McCarthy's Not-So-Perfect Pitch

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After fourth-grade scientist Curious McCarthy observes her dad fixing their doorbell she starts to wonder about the science of sound. Meanwhile at school it's time for Curious to pick an instrument for band. Curious chooses the flute but the band director says Curious's lips are all wrong for the slim woodwind. Can that be true and if it is can science help Curious find her perfect instrument A sound-related science experiment will have readers putting the story into action while a glossary and reader questions support the text.

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Tory Christie is a real scientist by day and secretly writes children's books at night. When it is light outside, she studies rocks and water. After dark, she writes silly science stories that kids and grownups can laugh about. Check out her latest series, Curious McCarthy, and explore science with Curious and her zany family. Tory Christie grew up in a large family, but her family was nothing like the McCarthys -- honestly. The McCarthys are completely fiction -- really. Tory Christie lives in Fargo, North Dakota with her medium-sized family. Find out more at: www.torychristie.com. Mina Price is an American illustrator and designer. She has a particular affinity for book illustration and character design, or basically any project that allows her to draw interesting people in cool outfits. Mina graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Illustration. She enjoys finding ways to seamlessly marry traditional and digital art, going from scanner to Photoshop to printer to paint and back again. When she is not drawing, Mina can frequently be found baking things with lots of sugar or getting way too emotional over a good book.