Franz Schubert and His Merry Friends is a detailed, engaging biography written for children about the young, brilliantand mischievouscomposer. Young readers will hear about his pranks and escapades, as well as all about his beautiful music.

From early poverty to masterful accomplishment, The Young Brahms follows the youthful musican's amazing development. Vintage pen-and-ink illustrations bring charm, and several of Brahms's best-known compositions are included.

The Stephen Foster and Edward MacDowell Companion CD complements Opal Wheeler's Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray and Edward MacDowell and His Cabin in the Pines. Audio files of all the music included in the books are on the CD, as well as files of coloring pages f...

With stories and related music, this series is a wonderful and entertaining way to introduce children to classical composers and their works. Titles include: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart (The Magic Flute) and Vivaldi.

A fun and effective way to develop a love of classical music, this entertaining series combines stories about famous composers with selections from their famous works. Titles include: Handel, Mozart (Magnificent Voyage), Song of the Unicorn, and Tchaikovsky.

An award-winning music appreciation course for children, this amazing 14-disk resource includes music, history, dramatic presentations, and visual arts to teach the lives and the works of great composers. A great resource for developing a love of music.

Join two young Americans on vacation in Europe with Mr. Pipes to learn about timeless hymns and psalms, the stories behind them, and the amazing impact that the Reformation had on singing and singing on the Reformation.

Can you imagine a raccoon playing a violin or a walrus a string bass? Thirty years from now your child may still recall this clever book and the memorable pictures that aided his learning of the instruments in an orchestra.

Two young people experience unusual adventures as they travel across Europe with an English organist known as Mr. Pipes. Their experiences in The Accidental Voyage: Discovering Hymns of the Early Centuries lead to a deeper understanding of the stories and the people behind 16 famous hymn...

Ludwig Beethoven and the Chiming Tower Bells Study Guide is packed with timelines, maps, reading comprehension questions, character quality highlights, and extra tidbits of information about Beethoven's life and music. Intended to complement Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher's classic L...

Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland: Early Years invites young readers into the frosty cottage in Poland where Chopin is born and carries them along as the music-loving tot grows into a 9-year-old piano prodigy. The story relates his early years, his tutelage under the best masters of music i...

Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland: Later Years continues the tale of his trials and triumphs on the path to becoming probably the greatest composer for the piano the world has ever known. Part of a series that pulls back the curtain to reveal the lives, times, and influences of the the clas...

Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland: Early & Later Years Study Guide is packed with timelines, maps, reading comprehension questions, character quality highlights, and extra tidbits of information about Chopin's life. Written for children in grades K-6 and to complement Opal Wheeler's classic...

Written to complement Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher's classic children's Schubert biography, Franz Schubert and His Merry Friends Study Guide is packed with timelines, maps, reading comprehension questions, character quality highlights, and extra tidbits of information about Schubert's ...

With clarity and admirable simplicity, Handel at the Court of Kings traces the many-sided career of George Frederic Handel, whose restless nature vied always with his tremendous ability as a composer and director. Part of the Opal Wheeler Series, which pulls back the curtain to ...

Written to complement Opal Wheeler's classic Handel biography for children, Handel at the Court of Kings Study Guide is packed with timelines, maps, character highlights, reading comprehension questions, and extra tidbits of information about the life of George Frederic Handel.

Joseph Haydn, the Merry Little Peasant will wind its way into your family's hearts as it introduces you, with gentle text and charming pen-and-ink illustrations, to one of the world's finest composers. Be inspired by the musical beginning of the boy who later played before kings in palac...

Created as a companion to Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher's classic Haydn children's biography, Joseph Haydn, the Merry Little Peasant Study Guide is packed with timelines, maps, character highlights, reading comprehension questions, and extra tidbits of information about the life of Fran...

Packed with history, biographical material, and music, Mozart, the Wonder Boy brings to life for your children the virtuoso known as the most musical boy who ever lived. Discover the musical genius of this child prodigy, the loving family in which he was reared, and the impact he had on ...

Written to complement Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher's classic Mozart biography for children, Mozart, the Wonder Boy Study Guide is packed with timelines, maps, reading comprehension questions, character quality highlights, and extra tidbits of information about Mozart's life, particular...

Share an amazing story of true genius with your young readers. Full of action and adventure, Paganini, Master of Strings begins with the virtuoso's unhappy childhood along Genoa's wharves and continues through the tempestuous years when great genius and poverty waged an endless battle th...

What happens when you absentmindedly nibble on an important legal document, ruining it for your employer? Read Peter Tchaikovsky and the Nutcracker Ballet to see how the abrupt end of the great composer's unhappy apprenticeship in law opens the door to a musical career of world recogniti...

Edward MacDowell and His Cabin in the Pines pulls back the curtain to reveal the fascinating life of the great American composer. Boys and girls will treasure the peek into MacDowell's Quaker beginnings, his irrepressible interest in music, and his youthful triumphs abroadincluding his...