Listen to the Music: A World of Magical Melodies

by Mary Richards (Author) Caroline Bonne-Müller (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Press the buttons to hear the music in this time-traveling journey around the world, as young readers embark on a magical adventure through the history of music!

Stopping off at 10 key chronologically organized moments in history, in different places around the world, readers meet a great musician in each, and can press their instruments to hear a clip of their musical masterpieces! From 1600s England, where you can hear the harpsichord play Greensleeves, to 18th Century Munich, where you can hear Mozart's piano sonata, to a classical Indian raga in 1700s Udaipur, to New York in the 1940s, where readers can press Charlie Parker's saxophone to hear bebop Jazz, this book will teach children about cultural history, famous musicians and musical genres all while wanting to press the buttons and hear the music again and again. Each musician tells you about where they live, how their music was inspired, and what it means to them, teaching children about the origins of these most magical melodies.

A great playtime or bedtime read, complete with a soundtrack that tracks key moments in musical history, children will love to listen to the most beautiful and important, genre defining bars of music time and time again.

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Best Books of 2022 - "Engagingly written, and illustrated with welcoming charm by Caroline Bonne-Muller, it encourages young listeners to examine their own musical responses." —The Guardian
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780711274259
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Publication date
October 20, 2022
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF001000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books
JNF036010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Classical
JNF036020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | History
Library of Congress categories
Music
History and criticism
Sound effects books

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