Kate Sullivan (3)

Through the use of onomatopoeia, Sullivan introduces an orchestra and it's many sounds to young children. Though it is a very short and simple read, I believe this is a great book for children to learn what instruments are in an orchestra and play with the sounds that the instruments make. I highly recommend this for young children so that they can become familiar with instruments such as the violin, french horn, and bassoon.

This is a very simple book that shows and labels an instrument, then shows an animal playing the instrument with the sound in words. It is a board book, but my 5 year old grandson was quite interested as well. I can see this book being used with a class of students as part of a music lesson or as an introduction to a symphony, whether actually visiting or watching a recorded performance. I read it with my grandchildren and they enjoyed making the sounds and looking at the instruments. The show more illustrations are quite simple yet colourful and just what this book needed without extraneous detail. When I finished, we went online to try and listen to real instruments and compare the sounds. My 5 year old loved this. We found this great site: https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/learn-and-listen/instruments where they play familiar tunes. The sounds actually matched up quite well. The publisher, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. - Schiffer Kids, generously provided me with a copy of this book to read. The opinions/ideas shared are my own. show less

This book would be better as an audio book. Each page asks “do you hear” a different instrument, and then has an illustrated animal playing that instrument. But the sounds don’t make sense to kids that have never heard of that instrument before. This book includes bassoon, trumpet, flute french horn, etc. It works okay with the ending, but would be better with matching audio.