BUYING ADVISORY: PRE-K, EL (K-3) EL - ADVISABLE
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10 composers are featured, along with a clip of one of their pieces. The premise is that children are playing together and learning how composers wrote their music. Sammy is taking the lead and points out things for Pip to listen to, like how the violins in Vivaldi's Spring sound like birds. Or how quickly Chopin's fingers must have been moving to play Fantaisie-Impromptu so quickly.
I enjoyed The Composers and was pleasantly surprised how engaging it was for my granddaughter. I'm a lover of classical music; she - not so much. Some things that worked in this book to capture a novice ... the text was short, as was the musical clip (about 10 seconds). In the book itself, the song is introduced and something is pointed out, either in the music or in the illustration. Then, in the author's notes at the end, the musical buttons are available to press again, and additional information about the composers is given. A great introduction to classical music.
Sammy is dark-skinned, Pip is white, and the characters in the illustrations are multicultural.
Lisa Librarian
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