Living books about music

We loved ben west and his cat grimlkin. MArtha

There’s a series of picture books by Anna Harwell  Celenza that tells about a composer and one of his works.  They also have a CD included of the work.  Some titles include Bach’s Goldberg Variations, The Farewell Symphony (Haydn), Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky.)

Other picture books I have:

Young Mozart by Rachel Isadora

Mozart by Catherine Brighton

Hildegard’s Gift by Megan Hoyt

The Boy Who Loved Music by David Lasker (Haydn)

Handel and the Famous Sword Swallower of Halle by Bryna Stevens

Handel Who Knew What He Liked by M.T. Anderson

Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pickney

Tchaikovsky Discovers America by Esther Kalman

Bravo!  Brava!  A Night at the Opera by Anne Siberell

Can You Hear It? from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (book and CD- I really like this)

Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes

And we’ve always loved the Opal Wheeler books and most have been reprinted.