Musical Tales & Tunes

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

By Robert Kinerk, illus. by Steven Kellogg.

by Kristy Dempsey & Floy Cooper tell the story of the first African American prima ballerina,

by Mary Lyn Ray, illus. by Lauren Stringer

One Man's Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace by Alicia Potter, illus. by Mat Tavares.  

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 Ruth Lercher Bornstein.

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

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 Petra Mathers a shy mouse teaches herself to dance.  From mambo to hip-hop, host LeVar Burton does some fancy footwork, then he takes us on a tour of dance around the world.

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.

by Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton, illustrated by Chiara Fedele

By Ben Bailey Smith and illustrated by Sav Akyuz