Theme: Music

My Two Grandads

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

Aston’s Grandad Roy played in a steel band and Grandad Harry played the trumpet in a brass band. Aston always enjoyed going to visit them and listen to them practice. But soon he wanted to join in. So he asked Grandad Roy to teach him to play the steel drums and then he asked Grandad [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Sylvie and the Songman

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Sylvie Bartram lives alone with Mr. Jackson the dog and her eccentric composer father, who invents strange and wonderful musical instruments. One day she returns from school to find a message left in toothpaste on the bathroom mirror: her father has been kidnapped. Later that night, the house is visited by a terrifying apparition—a half-man, [...]

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Dancing Turtle: A Folktale From Brazil

By Book Importer | Published: July 5, 2011

After being caught by a hunter, a clever turtle uses her wits and her talent playing the flute to trick the hunter’s children into helping her escape.

Descriptors: Americas, Brazil, Early Years (ages 2-6), Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Naty’s Parade

By Book Importer | Published: June 15, 2011

Naty is so excited – this is the first year she gets to be one of the puppet people in the parade celebrating Guelaguetza, a July festival of folk dances in southern Mexico. At first the sights are overwhelming – the feather dancers, the pi-a (pineapple) girls, the fish-men who perform El Pescado, the dance [...]

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Five Nice Mice

By Book Importer | Published: June 14, 2011

Five nice mice are sitting in the garden one night when Baba hears faint music in the distance. What can this wonderful sound be? They decide to go and find out, and they discover a fabulous frog concert. But mice aren’t allowed in. So they return home and decide to form an orchestra of their [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Fantasy, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Tortoni Tremolo: The Cursed Musician

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Musician Tortoni Tremolo’s constant practicing so annoys his neighbor that she puts a curse on him, but to her dismay the spell does not have the desired effect.

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, France, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Ant And Grasshopper

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

When Ant spies a carefree Grasshopper playing a fiddle outside on the lawn, Ant immediately harrumphs at the insect’s foolishness and continues to go about his very serious business of gathering and counting his food for the winter. But Ant finds Grasshopper’s music and whimsy more catchy than he’d like, and soon he’s distracted by [...]

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For the Love of Music

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

By the time she was 12, she was considered one of the finest pianists in Europe, but today few people know her name. Maria Mozart, like her famous brother Wolfgang, was a musical prodigy. The talented siblings toured Europe, playing before kings and empresses, were showered with gifts and favors, and lived in a whirlwind [...]

Descriptors: Austria, Biography, Europe, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Django

By Book Importer | Published: May 28, 2010

Jean longs to play the banjo, but the Django keeps on messing things up! So Jean sends the Django away, but wonders if he has lost his most precious inspiration.In this fictional story inspired by the famous jazz musician Jean “Django” Reinhardt, a young boy named Jean meets a special character called the Django. He’s [...]

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Our World

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

OUR WORLD makes it fun and easy for children to learn more about the world around them. With more than 40 maps, 300 images, and hundreds of facts and statistics, this atlas will expand every child’s view of each country around the globe.

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment