Peter Tchaikovsky (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)

A friend of mine who is a piano teacher gave another book in this series to me with a pair of symphony tickets for me and my young nephew who loves the symphony. He read the book out loud all the way to the concert hall and was delighted with all of the "fun facts" that helped him get to know the composer. (It's presented in a very engaging way to capture attention and spark interest.) I was a music major in college and glad to have the refresher before the concert! Tchaikovsky is my nephew's favorite and I gave this to him for Christmas. He was so excited! There are many other composers in the series, plus additional books on artists. I plan to order others before we attend a performance of the composer's work or visit a museum where he will see the artist's work. I'm so excited to have found this wonderful series!

I'm a parent and have been music teacher for over 20 years, in public and private schools and studios. Surprisingly, it's pretty difficult to find books on composers written for kids. Over the years, I developed my lesson plans by culling through my college music history books, encyclopedic compilations (e.g. Grove's Music Dictionary, Oxford Junior Music Companion), or biographies of composers written for adults. This series is absolutely FANTASTIC, and perfect for school-age children, whether you're a teacher or a parent. I bought all the books in the series, which include many wonderful composers, including contemporaries like Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, who are frequently overlooked in school-age education in favor of the usual, Mozart and Beethoven. Illustrations on every page along with the text, makes this series engaging and appealing for adults reading to children or children who are reading. Two thumbs way up!

bought for grand children ... they love it along with other books for kids about classical composers and CD's that I picked for them. I also bought them a Cd player of their own so they can listen to various passages of music on their own ... they love it all and ask each other when hearing a piece whether it is Mozart or Beethoven or ... - grkids range from 4 to 9

Thought this series was great for my elementary students, grade 3 and above (to gr. 8?). It has a lot of serious info about the composer, but also little caricatures & comic book-style pics in most pages. which would appeal to young people.Will definitely buy more of these books about different composers.

This whole series of books is fantastic for introducing great composers. I wish there were a lot more of them. They would be great in any home library and I get a lot of information from them to use in my fine arts program. Concise and complete.

My son loves all these collections and enjoy reading them all.

It's hard to find a book on Tchaikovsky that is appropriate for children. This book fills that niche with an ample amount of humor my boys enjoyed very much.

As a teacher, I love this series! My goal is to teach my 3rd graders about the famous artists and composers. This series makes it easy, fun, and interesting!

Quirky, and fun little book with great illustrations and plenty of insight, and fact.

Great concept and the way to attract kids and involve them into russian mysic, but there are missing facts about the composer... Russian must write and publish about his composers!!!

Funny book- love this whole series. Used to read them as a kid and got it as a present for a student.

not what i expected. my fault for not reading entire ad.