My 4 year old absolutely loves following along with the CD. One of may favorite recordings and stories!!
Book Review: An Instant Favorite! Summary: 5 Stars
My sons (ages 4 and 6) both love this book and the accompanying CD. Either the book or the CD would be excellent products on their own. Together, however, they are magic!
Book Review: Full Circle Summary: 5 Stars
When I was a little girl in the 1940's I loved my book and "78" recording of Tubby the Tuba. I honestly think I learned the sounds of the instruments of the orchestra at an early age because of this delightful recording. I was happy to learn that a book and recording are now available, and so ordered it for my three-year-old granddaughter. She loves the CD and the book and wants to hear them every time she visits. No doubt she, too, will learn the sounds of the violins, french horn, and tuba (of course) from this wonderful recording and sweet story!
Book Review: Good resource for music specialists' classroom Summary: 4 Stars
Very good addition to my music classroom library/CD/DVD collection.
Thank you for putting it in a story book format with a CD to accompany.
Book Review: Great Book for Music Teachers Summary: 5 Stars
I love that this book teaches kids about the different instruments and sections involved in an orchestra and the story is written around the fact that the poor tubas never get to play the melody! They always get the oom-pah-pah part. This can be a great introduction to how an orchestra plays together and how they all have their own special parts. Older kids will understand and could be great for a beginning band class - little ones may not comprehend this as easily but it is still an adorable book that will help them start to learn the names of the instruments and how an orchestra is put together. I was very impressed with my pre-k class that after reading this book as an introduction to the orchestra instruments they were able to remember all of the instrument names talked about in the book during our review. It is a very cute story and works best with the accompanying CD because you can listen to the music that the story is describing.