Musical Tales & Tunes

by Samantha Berger, Illus. by Mike Curato. Celebrate the power of the arts and imagination!

Jeanne M. Lee. A deaf/mute Cambodian girl learns to communicate through movement & dance.

by Ann Hayes, illus. by Karmen Thompson. 

 Paul Tripp tells a lovable intro to instruments to George Kleinsinger's music and the voices of Dick Van Dyke & Pearl Bailey.

Mark Rubin, Alan Daniel, narrated by Peter Ustinov on CD.  A superb intro to instruments and the orchestra.

by Mark Rubin, illus. Alan Daniel narrated on DVD by Peter Ustinov.  A superb intro to classical music and the orchestra and its instruments.

Mark Rubin,illus by Alan Daniel

Jeanne M. Lee.  Cambodia, communicating without speech or hearing.  

A Musical Exploration of the Orchestra Using Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 by Carolyn Sloan, illus. by James Williamson.

Meet the instruments of the orchestra in the book by Mark Rubin , narrated with music by Peter Ustinov on CD and DVD.

In the book by Jeanne Lee, a young Cambodian girl, who cannot hear or speak, is invited to become a dancer in the king's court. She finds a way to communicate through the beauty of movement and dance. 

In the book by Lloyd Moss, a clever counting rhyme introduces instruments and ensembles.  Filmed on locationat Julliard School, LeVar Burton visits with an orchestra of 8 to 18 year-old and the performers of STOMP!

Lloyd Moss creates a clever counting rhyme introducing the instruments and ensembles. Gegory Hines narrates the story on the DVD and LeVar Burton and viewers visit with an orchestra and with the performers of STOMP!

Lemony Snicket, illus. by Carson Ellis. Meet the instruments as the ascerbic murder mystery unfolds.