Discover the magical music and story of Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and more, with enchanting illustrations by Jessica Courtney-Tickle. He already loved Vivaldi before getting this book, but it's also a great way to introduce kids to classical music, and foster their love for music. Each of their stops has a built in sound button that plays a quick burst of classical music, and I KNOW that tiny humans love listening to a musical book. As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes, you will press the buttons to hear 10 excerpts from the ballet’s music.

The main fault , I consider, is that the music on the pages are so short - shorter than any music interactive books I’ve bought. Her absolute favorite thing to draw or paint is nature, finding a focus on foliage of any kind as well as children's stories about adventure and exploration. She is the author of the best-selling sound book The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker, and has worked on many other non-fiction titles – from human bodies to dinosaurs.But i must admit that I was annoyed by the brief, tinny clips played repeatedly throughout the day as my children joyfully pressed the buttons over and over. At the back of the book, find a short biography of the composer , Antonio Vivaldi, with details about his composition of The Four Seasons . Included in the back is the various titles of the movements, descriptions, and a little history/interesting facts.

Next to this, you can replay the musical excerpts and, for each of them, read a discussion of the instruments, rhythms, and musical techniques that make them so powerful. Discover the enchanting world of The Sleeping Beauty in this musical retelling of the ballet – push the button on each b. The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera, and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores.As previously reviewed by others, the pictures are really beautiful, the stories to illustrate the songs (2 for each season) are educational, but the buttons are a bit difficult to press for my two-year old granddaughter but no trouble for the four year-old. He is playing games with his friends when his mother, the Queen, arrives to tell him he needs to stop having fun and start looking after the kingdom.

They are greeted by the royal lion with his shaggy mane; ask for directions from an old lonely turtle; take a ride on some lumbering elephants; topple a skeleton of dinosaur bones; and swim among a school of shimmering fish.Discover what it would be like to travel through the four seasons in one day in this musical story based on the classica. The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores.

I have a classical music background and I have worked very hard to stay away from the Cocomelon-baby shark music of our era.As a sign of the changing seasons, Isabelle carries a little apple tree with her, and we see it bud, blossom and lose its leaves. The good thing is that it will expose your child to manageable clips of the ballet’s music, and the resulting familiarity might open the door to listening to a complete version. But I am sure she will be loving the tranquility of the music and the feel of the massive, but airy light hardback at bedtime (fingers crossed). Readers should press firmly on the pages to activate the sounds, encouraging interactive learning and introducing children to this beautiful piece of music . On each page you read the story and listen to about 10 seconds of the music that goes with that part of the ballet.