Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (Caldecott Honor Book) Review
The book is a great rhythmic read going through the primary instruments of the orchestra. In addition to teaching a child to identify the different instruments, the book teaches counting. Counting is taught for both cardinal numbers (1, 2, 3, ...) and musical groupings (solo, duo, trio, ...), though I'm not sure how much of the latter sticks. After the first few pages, my child starts to count the instruments on the different pages. Now and again, instead he'll point out the instruments on the different pages. Sometimes he'll even do both. It is a really enjoyable read even if you can do the whole book by heart. The images themselves are a bit whimsical and it is fun following the cat and dog advance through the pages, if you even notice them apart from the instruments.
As a side note, I think this book should be sold at all symphony halls across the country as it is the perfect environment for an easy sale.
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (Caldecott Honor Book) Feature
- ISBN13: 9780671882396
- Condition: New
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Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (Caldecott Honor Book) Overview
When this book begins, the trombone is playing all by itself. But soon a trumpet makes a duet, a french horn a trio, and so on until the entire orchestra is assembled on stage. Written in elegant and rhythmic verse and illustrated with playful and flowing artwork, this unique counting book is the perfect introduction to musical groups. Readers of all ages are sure to shout "Encore!" when they reach the final page of this joyous celebration of classical music.
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (Caldecott Honor Book) Specifications
"The STRINGS all soar, the REEDS implore, / The BRASSES roar with notes galore. / It's music that we all adore. / It's what we go to concerts for." In this exuberant tribute to classical music and the passionate, eccentric musicians who play it, author Lloyd Moss begins with the mournful moan and silken tone of one trombone. A trumpet sings and stings along, forming a duo, then a fine French horn joins in, "TWO, now THREE-O, what a TRIO!" The mellow cello ups it to a quartet, then ZIN! ZIN! ZIN! a violin soars high and moves in to make a quintet. The flute that "sends our soul a-shiver" makes a sextet, and "with steely keys that softly click," a sleek, black, woody clarinet slips the group into a septet. We move on! A chamber group of ten! And the orchestra is ready to begin. Moss should be congratulated for creating a playful, musical stream of rhyming couplets that seamlessly, slyly teaches the names of myriad musical groups. Marjorie Priceman, the whimsical, masterful illustrator of Elsa Okon Rael's When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street and Jack Prelutsky's For Laughing Out Loud, won a Caldecott Honor Award for this swirling, twirling, colorful musical world worthy of thunderous applause and a standing ovation. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson
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Customer Reviews
Delightful and musical. - Robert Campus -
It has evocative lyrical descriptions of musical instruments, with flowing warm and musical illustrations. Our six year old grandchild who loves music, loved reading this.
Zin - a little small. - Eric - Kalamazoo
The book is a great book but I was expecting the full sized version of it. The one I received was at least 50% smaller than the normal version.
Wonderful book to introduce instruments! - Holly Lewis - Medina, OH USA
I purchased this for my son when we visited the string section of the Cleveland Orchestra yesterday and we loved reading it once we got home and reliving the joy of the day! Gorgeous illustrations make music come alive visually for the reader and the text trips off the tongue easily. A good companion book to I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello.
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