She studied violin at the University of Southampton, before moving into children's books. Katy Flint is an author, editor, and musician, based in London. Jessica is most influenced by vintage picture books, travel posters, and folk art as well as numerous painters and printmakers. She also has a penchant for drawing theater from music makers to dancers and even singing animals. Her absolute favorite thing to draw or paint is nature, finding a focus on foliage of any kind as well as children's stories about adventure and exploration. Jessica Courtney Tickle is an illustrator who graduated from Kingston University in July 2014. The perfect primer to introduce children to classical music. Sound buttons require a firm push in exact location to work, which may be hard for young children. Manufacturer's note: please pull the white tab out of the back of the book before use. Also available from the Story Orchestra series: The Magic Flute, I Can Play (vol 1), Carnival of the Animals, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Four Seasons in One Day. With The Story Orchestra keyboard sound books, children can play the famous melodies themselves with the sound of a real grand piano. 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. 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. At the back of the book, find a short biography of the composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with details about his composition of Swan Lake. Readers should press firmly on the pages to activate the sounds, encouraging interactive learning and introducing children to this beautiful piece of music. Will the prince be reunited with his swan princess? As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes, you will press the buttons to hear 10 excerpts from the ballet's music. The story follows Prince Siegfried as he attends his birthday party, is tricked into proposing to Von Rothbart's daughter Odile and returns to the lake to battle the evil sorcerer. As the prince and Odette dance, they begin to fall in love. ![]() The most beautiful swan transforms into the Princess Odette, who tells him that she has been cursed to turn into a swan by day and return to her natural form at night by the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart. He follows an enchanting flock of swans to a clearing by a lake, where four of the little cygnets begin to dance. He is playing games with his friends when his mother, the Queen, arrives to tell him he needs to stop having fun and start looking after the kingdom. This tale of a prince, a beautiful swan princess and an evil sorcerer begins in a woodland clearing far, far away. About the Book A spellbinding retelling of a classic ballet story, with 10 sound clips.īook Synopsis Discover the spellbinding magic of Swan Lake 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.
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