The Carnival of the Animals [With CD (Audio)]

A great way to introduce children to classical music.

America's first Children's Poet Laureate has written all-new verses to accompany the composer Camille Saint-Sa ns's The Carnival of the Animals, and the illustrator of the Harry Potter books has turned these rollicking rhymes into a picture-book fun fest. Included is a CD of the music and of Jack Prelutsky reading the verses. A note to parents and teachers by Judith Bachleitner, head of the music department at the prestigious Rudolf Steiner School in New York City, suggests ways preschoolers can act out the music--tromp like an elephant, hop like a kangaroo, glide like a swan--or, for older children, be creatively inspired by this joyful work.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/24/2010
ISBN: 9780375864582
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.46h x 10.26w x 0.39d
Award: Florida Book Award - Silver Medal Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/02/2010
School Library Journal 12/01/2010 pg. 96
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 182

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 139087 / Carnival of the Animals
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5