Ah, Music!

By Aliki

Book Overview

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 Reviews Supports the Common Core State Standards

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064462366
• ISBN13: 9780064462365
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.9" x 11.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Delightful picture book

Ah, Music! is a charming, inspiring and smart picture books for people of all ages. It makes a strong case for the importance of music of all kinds in our lives. If my children were younger, I'd be reading this with them, but even as an older adult I found much to enjoy in this book. It's rapidly becoming a favorite gift for friends and relatives with children.

great overview

This is a great book for music teachers, or teachers that know some about music. It is easy to pick a page and teach a lesson on that subject. It is also a good classroom book that will inspire children to want to know more.

Ah, Music book

I am an elementary music teacher and found this book very helpful in my teaching. It gives general descriptions of what music is, tells about the different instruments, and gives a short history of music by music periods along with well known composers of each period.

Teaching aid.

I bought this book specifically because it was an easy read for children. I was teaching a unit on jazz to a group of fourth grade students and found the brief history of jazz extremely useful. It broke the history down by decade, and mentioned an important fact or two about the decade. Charactures of musicians and names are mentioned too to help students identify musicians in the time periods and styles. The book overall is a great book to assist in introducing children to music, but I used it specifically for this lesson.

In small doses ...

This book is not a story - it's an atlas of information. Kids can use this as a reference book but there are so many other choices out there for bringing music the color and joy it deserves in a more sincere and descriptive way.