Tag: Read a New Book

Jan Brett’s The Nutcracker When Marie and her brother Fritz receive a special Christmas nutcracker from their uncle, Marie immediately feels something magical. “He looks like a real boy,” she mused. “A real boy with a secret, who came from far away.” Amazon  Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin Hana Hashimoto has signed up to play her violin at her… Continue reading Musical Booklists — Picture Books Featuring Music

Leave Your Sleep This collection of classic children’s poetry, adapted to music by Natalie Merchant, opens the door to a wondrous world filled with witches and fearless girls, blind men and elephants, giants and sailors and dancing bears. Amazon  Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a… Continue reading Musical Booklists — Picture Books Featuring Music

Your Name Is a Song Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl’s mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk… Continue reading Musical Booklists — Picture Books Featuring Music

A Delicious Taste of Mozzarella!: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky This summer, the great composer has offered them a gift that they didn’t expect, one that will last forever and bring happiness to children all over the world! Included are introductory notes on the composer along with recordings of the narrated story and the compositions “March of… Continue reading Musical Booklists — Picture Books Featuring Music