Make the classroom more fun with music! Whether for storytime or as a soundtrack for playtime or movement activities, these titles invite students to explore a range of musical genres, from classical compositions to folk-pop songs and Spanish lullabies and nursery rhymes from Latin America. Introduce themes of exploration and discovery during storytime read-alongs, or build narratives and songs into your English, history, and geography lesson plans. Interact with these titles your favourite ebook and audiobook platforms as well.
Free to Be Me
Awaken children’s vocabularies with this sunny collection of folk-pop songs written to help budding readers learn how to express themselves. These upbeat melodies and accessible lyrics were written to help budding language learners discover how to share their feelings, hopes, and dreams. Includes CD and digital download code and an activity guide for each song.
In this touching story, a young girl dreams about visiting her grandfather at his home in Kunming, China. As she dreams through each of the four seasons, discover the music of the pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument, and how family love transcends space and time. Includes CD and digital download code. Notes on the origin of the pipa appear at the end of the book.
Travel with a little mouse named Minim to 18th-century Vienna, Austria, and meet a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his way to play a concert in the city. At the end of the story, learn biographical and historical notes about Mozart. Includes CD and digital download code with story narration by Colm Feore and performances by I Musici de Montreal chamber orchestra.
Introduce children to classical music by showing them how insects, arachnids and amphibians, such as spiders, wasps, butterflies, frogs and snakes, have inspired the composers such as Beethoven, Ravel, Prokofiev and others. Includes CD and digital download code.
Discover 19 traditional nursery rhymes and lullabies in Spanish originating from Latin America. Warm, colourful illustrations and vibrant music transport listeners to a playful, fanciful world inhabited by singing frogs and dancing skeletons—perfect for dance or playtime activities. Includes CD and digital download code.
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Back to School: 5 Musical Picture Books Students Will Love
Make the classroom more fun with music! Whether for storytime or as a soundtrack for playtime or movement activities, these titles invite students to explore a range of musical genres, from classical compositions to folk-pop songs and Spanish lullabies and nursery rhymes from Latin America. Introduce themes of exploration and discovery during storytime read-alongs, or build narratives and songs into your English, history, and geography lesson plans. Interact with these titles your favourite ebook and audiobook platforms as well.
Free to Be Me
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The Four Seasons of the Pipa
In this touching story, a young girl dreams about visiting her grandfather at his home in Kunming, China. As she dreams through each of the four seasons, discover the music of the pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument, and how family love transcends space and time. Includes CD and digital download code. Notes on the origin of the pipa appear at the end of the book.
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That’s My Piano, Sir!
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Little Creatures
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The Hummingbird Sings and Dances
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