Reviews of Music Books for Kids

A Child's Introduction to the Orchestra by Robert Levine is a colorful and captivating introduction to every aspect of...

Ada's Violin tells the inspiring true story of a young girl who grew up on the now-infamous landfill in...

Allegro is a favorite in our studio! The book follows the story of young Allegro, a piano student who...

Baby Bach: A Classical Music Sound Book is a simple board book with an assortment of animals depicted playing...

Building an Orchestra of Hope is the true story of music-loving, environmental scientist Favio Chávez, who landed a supervising...

Family Dynamics: Embrace your Sound is the cute story of a violin who wishes she could make the sounds...

Family Dynamics: Rhythmic Memory is the second book in this Family Dynamics series. This is a cute and clever...

Here Come the High Notes is one of my favorite music-related kids books! I first came across it and...

Honk! a Tale of Praise is the endearing story of Fuzzby, a young peacock who is dismayed at the...

How to Build an Orchestra is an educational project of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) that introduces readers...

I Discover Blues Music is one in a collection of four music-themed books by Pirouette Kids. These are some...

I Discover Classical Music is one of four music-themed board books by Pirouette Kids. It's one of my granddaughters'...

I Discover Folk Music is one in a collection of four music-themed books by Pirouette Kids. These are some...

I Discover World Music is one in a collection of four music-themed books by Pirouette Kids. These are some...

King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin is a carefully researched, colorfully told account of the life of...

Let's Explore Piano is a beautifully designed board book, with an accurately proportioned keyboard pictured on the front cover....

Listen to the Music: A world of magical melodies is a journey through time around the world, introducing readers...

Look Out for Low Notes is the companion book to the excellent Here Come the High Notes by...

Music of the Meadow is a Little Einsteins book that appears to have several different versions all published under...

My First Classical Music Book is an engaging introduction to many areas of music - musical settings to...

My First Orchestra Book by Genevieve Helsby, published by Classical music label Naxos, is one of the most engaging...

My First Story Orchestra: Four Seasons in One Day is a board book featuring musical excerpts from Antonio Vivaldi's...

Orchestra is a long book with lots of words. Definitely more suitable as a reference than as a read-aloud....

Play This Book is an engaging way to involve young kids in music-making. A simple rhyming structure guides readers...

Showdown Symphony is a clever book that tells the story of a mama mouse searching for food for her...

Sound: Shhh...Bang...POP...BOOM! explores concepts of the science of sound that few other kids books do. A helpful introduction to...

The Animal Orchestra Plays Beethoven is a delightful introduction to one of the world's most famous classical music composers...

The Animal Orchestra Plays Mozart is the first board book in this series that introduces young readers to famous...

The Big Woods Orchestra invites readers to wake up with the creatures of the forest, introducing birds and their...

The First Notes tells the story of Guido d’Arezzo and his innovative idea for writing down and teaching...

The Note Who Faced the Music is a witty wordplay that will introduce readers to a variety of musical...

The Orchestra Pit is a quick read that highlights the misadventure of a snake who ends up in an...

The Story Orchestra: Carnival of the Animals is presented against the backdrop of two brothers "who are very bored"...

The Story Orchestra: Four Seasons in One Day follows the story of Isabelle as she leaves her house in...

The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker opens in the home of Clara as she and her parents and younger brother,...

The Planets is part of The Story Orchestra, a series of interactive books that highlight a particular musical work....

The Violin uses a setting (a violinist playing at a wedding) more than a story to introduce readers to...

In Two Scarlet Songbirds vivid illustrations and imaginative storytelling recount how Antonin Dvorák might have been inspired to...

Vivaldi and the Invisible Orchestra is the fanciful story of Candida, an orphan girl from the famed Ospedale della...

Welcome to Jazz by Carolyn Sloan is part of the fabulous Welcome to... series that my students and I...

Welcome to the Opera is another fabulous contribution to the Welcome to... series by Carolyn Sloan. Mozart's The Magic...

Welcome to the Symphony by Carolyn Sloan is an engaging interactive story that follows three mice through their attendance...