For Martin Andrew and Steven H S H To my father Kees van der Sterre who loves music J v d S Text copyright 2007 by Heidi Smith Hyde Illustrations copyright 2007 by Johanna van der Sterre All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the written permission of Kar-Ben Publishing Inc except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review Kar-Ben Publishing Inc A division of Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 U S A 1-800-4KARBEN Website address www karben com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hyde Heidi Smith Mendel’s accordion the story of the klezmorim by Heidi Smith Hyde illustrations by Johanna van der Sterre p cm ISBN-13 978 1 58013 212 1 lib bdg alk paper ISBN-10 1 58013 212 X lib bdg alk paper 1 Klezmer music History and criticism Juvenile literature I Sterre Johanna van der II Title 2005036002 2 Accordion Juvenile literature ML3528 8 H93 2007 781 62'924 dc22 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 DP 12 11 10 09 08 07 eISBN-13 978-0-8225-8796-5
endel lived in a small village called Melnitze He didn’t have much A hut a cow a rooster some hens and an accordion
It wasn’t a fancy accordion Nothing about Mendel was fancy It had worn black buttons up and down the sides for Mendel’s busy fingers and big folds in the middle like a lady’s fan Mendel pumped those folds with his strong arms pushing the air in and out in and out turning it into music Mendel made beautiful music with that accordion Everywhere he went people said Play for us Mendel And Mendel did
