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The Story Orchestra: The Sleeping Beauty: Press the note to hear Tchaikovsky’s music: 3
£12.10£14.20 (-15%)
Discover the enchanting world of The Sleeping Beauty in this musical retelling of the ballet – push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s score.
Guardian: ‘a lively retelling, enriched by Jessica Courtney Tickle’s luscious illustrations – each spread is like an illuminated garden’
Join the King and Queen as they throw a party for their new baby, Princess Aurora. But when a terrible guest arrives and places a curse on princess, the kingdom must find the one special person who can defeat it… As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes illustrated by artist Jessica Courtney Tickle, you will press the buttons to hear 10 excerpts from the ballet’s music.
Readers should press firmly on the pages to activate the sound board at the back of the book, encouraging interactive learning and introducing children to this beautiful piece of music.
At the back of the book, find a short biography of the composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with details about his composition of Swan Lake. Next to this, you can replay the musical excerpts and, for each of them, read a discussion of the instruments, rhythms and musical techniques that make them so powerful. A glossary defines musical terms.
The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores. With The Story Orchestra keyboard sound books, children can play the famous melodies themselves with the sound of a real grand piano.
Also available from the Story Orchestra series: The Magic Flute, I Can Play (vol 1), Carnival of the Animals, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Four Seasons in One Day.
Manufacturer’s note: please pull the white tab out of the back of the book before use. Sound buttons require a firm push in exact location to work, which may be hard for young children. All sound clips are 10 seconds long.
The perfect primer to introduce children to classical music.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Illustrated edition (16 Oct. 2018), Lincoln Children's Books |
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| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 24 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1786030934 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1786030931 |
| Reading age | 2 – 5 years, from customers |
| Dimensions | 27.43 x 1.91 x 30.99 cm |
by sara
This book, and the others in this series, are really lovely. my kids love them, and I like listening to the snippets of classical music!
by AH
We are fans of this series and have the Four Seasons and Nutcracker books as well as this one. It’s a great book to introduce children to bits of classical music and we found they encourage our 6 year old to read the story herself. Although there is still a lot of turning to the back to just listen to favourite clips of music. The pieces of music are very short, but we don’t mind this as we choose to find longer versions of the clips our children like elsewhere for them to listen to. Wonderful books and we will buy more in the series. These are perfect gifts if you know any children who are book or music lovers.
by Rachel Hardie
Bought for my LG after receiving another book similar at Christmas and she loves it. The music is wonderful and it was delivered in super speedy time.
by Urszula
Not only you have a wonderful story but also beautiful music.
by Kindle Customer
A wonderful musical story. My grand-daughter was delighted!
by N Ali
Love the whole series great for introducing classical music to your child
by Faye Shearwood
These books are amazing at introducing classical music. We love the illustrations and story and they are very calming at bedtime. We are collecting the lot! Highly recommend.
by H luck
Bought as a gift. Well received as they have a different book in this series. Well made.