Describes the features, sounds, and role of each musical instrument in the orchestra.

Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance.

Traces the development of various musical instruments throughout history, looking at woodwinds, strings, keyboards, and brass and percussion instruments, and includes sidebars, pictures, and suggestions for further reading.

A cumulative rhyme in which a young boy emphatically and noisily tells his parents to go away when they say it is time for bed.

Uses sound words to introduce music and types of musical instruments, continuing to add more and more instruments until a band is formed.

What will it take for a cynical older sister to realize she's a born accordion player -- with music in her heart? Eugenia Lincoln is a practical person with no time for gee-gaws, whoop-de-whoops, or frivolity. When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives at her house, she is determined to have nothing to do with it. But her plans to sell the accordion, destroy the accordion, and give the accordion away all end in frustration. How can...

A musical family with talents for playing a variety of instruments enjoys getting together to celebrate.

Describes the orchestra and includes information on composers, instruments, and the conductor.

Aardvarks play accordions Butterflies strum banjos Chimpanzees crash cymbals Preschoolers can learn their ABCs with the fresh, alliterative text and the charming illustrations of animal friends playing music with instruments from around the world.

The musical prodigy, Farkle McBride, tries a number of instruments before discovering that conducting the orchestra makes him happy.