Because

It offers a useful way to notice the often-unseen work behind art, while inviting children to reflect on their own passions and influences. The changing visual representations of music add imaginative energy to that idea.

The story may suit a shared read-aloud when you want to pause over repeated cause-and-effect links. Allow time to unpack phrases such as music “feeding” someone and being changed by a performance.

Which people help make the concert possible, and how does the girl’s experience connect with the music she later creates? What, if anything, has inspired your child in a similar way?

Read the first half slowly, tracking each “because” link aloud. Afterwards, revisit the concert’s contributors and invite your child to draw or describe one chain of inspiration from something they love.