Ah, Music! - Hardcover

Aliki

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060287195 ISBN 13: 9780060287191

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2003

Synopsis

In this richly layered compendium, Aliki, the beloved creator of many award-winning books for children, shares her keen insight about music and all its themes and variations. Ah, Music! is about composers and instruments. It's about artists and performers. It's about history--from the earliest music through classical, modern, jazz, and popular times. It's about diversity and pleasure.Do you love music? Playing it and listening to it? Are you getting ready for your first recital? Then this book is for you! "Everything you'd ever want to know about music: from how to define it, to types of instruments, the voice as an instrument, how dance and music work together, its history and diversity, music as therapy, and the importance of practice. . . .There is something here for everyone, from the youngest fans of the simplest melody, to older children looking for a starting point for research, to anyone interested in finding out more about a favorite art form. The joy of music is not lost in all the information, however--the energetic art, particularly in the chapter on dance, conveys the power of music to inspire."--Kirkus ReviewsSupports the Common Core State Standards

About this title

Product Description:

Ah Music! The award-winning author-illustrator masterfully introduces young readers to all aspects of music with this stylish, witty, and meticulously researched guide, which can inspire them to consider how much music shapes their lives and the world. Full description

About the Author:

With more than 60 fiction and nonfiction titles for children to her credit, Aliki has been delighting her many fans since her first book was published in 1960. Born in New Jersey, she now lives in New York City.

Aliki's books for young readers include the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out titles Digging Up Dinosaurs, Fossils Tell of Long Ago, My Feet, and My Hands. Other nonfiction books by Aliki include How a Book Is Made, Mummies Made in Egypt, My Visit to the Aquarium, My Visit to the Dinosaurs, My Visit to the Zoo, Wild and Woolly Mammoths, and William Shakespeare & the Globe.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060287195
• ISBN 13: 9780060287191
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Aliki