Pictures are too small and detailed for storytime read aloud, but this would be an excellant for a parent and child or just for one child to read by themselves. Nice simple text. ( )

The artwork outdoes the text in this picturebook biography. Sis presents beautiful, detailed illustrations to show his story. The book tells a brief, simple history of the life of Mozart. A clear theme is that his father pushed him to excel, which would make for a good classroom discussion. The illustrations provide a space to discuss the facets of reading and playing music. ( )

Primary
This a biography. It is not the best example because it over emphasizes his lack of time to play with other children. The back of the book has more information. It does give a snapshot into all the practice and performance of the young Mozart.
Medai: blackline and watercolors ( )

This book is about mozart growing up it is a simple book explaining that his father had him practice all the time and that he never played with the other children but he dreamed, ate, sleeped and lived the piano.

I liked the book it would be ideal for the younger readers. It is easy to understand and my daughter loved it. I also liked that the last page in the book covered information about Mozart.

Extension ideas are to play some of Mozarts famous works to the class and have the children reflect on what they hear or have a show and tell that the children could bring and play one of their instruments.

Critique:
Genre: This story briefly explains Mozart's childhood with how much he had to practice but does not portray the majority of his life. This would not be as helpful for a more in-depth study of his life, but would be okay to introduce who he is. Parts of it are probably a little exaggerated also: "Mozart played day and night."
Illustrations: Some of the illustrations help add to the story because they help the children to visualize how Mozart played and what he played. However, there were a few illustrations that distracted from the text and did not seem to serve a purpose.
Media:Collage/mixed media ( )