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My First Classical Music Book (Hardcover)

By Genevieve Helsby, Jason Chapman
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781843791188
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Published: Naxos of America, 2/2009
Sing, dance, and play along with My First Classical Music Book and CD (Naxos Books, $12.99).  Find out when and where you might hear classical music, learn about classical composers and about the main instruments in classical music. Listen to selections and pick out instruments in various pieces. Genevieve Helsby’s engaging book contains important facts and fascinating trivia.  Jason Chapman’s illustrations are funny and inviting.  Ages 5-10.  Heidi Powell

A Young Dancer: The Life of an Ailey Student (Hardcover)

By Valerie Gladstone, Jose Ivey
$18.95
ISBN-13: 9780805082333
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 3/2009
A Young Dancer: The Life of an Ailey Student (Holt, $18.95) is thirteen-year-old Iman Bright’s absorbing story of her dedication to dance and her life outside the studio. Infused with the history of the prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and the Ailey School, Valerie Gladstone’s informative text and Jose Ivey’s exceptional photographs capture the hard work, joy, and passion this young dancer experiences when she practices and performs. Ages 6-10. Mary Alice Garber

An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers (Hardcover)

By Julia Breckenreid, Natasha Wing
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780805080728
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 9/2009
When you have An Eye For Color: The Story of Josef Albers (Holt, $16.99), you become inspired by the juxtaposition of colors and their effect on perception. Natasha Wing writes of the first living artist awarded a retrospective at MoMA. Julia Breckenreid’s art pays homage to Albers’s fascination with colors and their ability to express soft and loud sounds or melancholy and joyous moods. Ages 8-12. Malaika Robinson