A helpful tool for both teachers and students learning how to look at art. The book ends by encouraging students to incorporate stories into their artwork. Starts from step one on how to use tuned percussion instruments. Explains how to play the instruments with bars and then discusses a purchasing plan. Minimal music reading ability is required.
Exercises get progressively more difficult.
Table of contents. The ballet story is written at a slightly more difficult reading level than other books of ballet plots. Chris Van Allsburg's illustrations enhance this story of a prince and his wife Odette who save their baby daughter from an evil general.