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4.0
I have owned this book for ages, but just finally got around to reading it to my son, I kept thinking that he maybe wasn't old enough for a book about different instruments. But, had I read a little of it I would have seen that the way the instruments are presented is an easy and beautiful way for young children to be introduced. For example it says about the clarinet, "It tootles up and down the scale, never tripping over a note. It's cool tones melt in your ears just like ice cream melts in your mouth." This description led him to say that he might like to play the clarinet someday and that he wanted to hear it played. So, I found some Spotify playlists to listen to and I pulled up a YouTube video of Pokey LaFarge and his band playing Sadie Green with Chloe Feoranzo on clarinet. This song is everything I love about clarinet, and it shows a side of it I never from the clarinet players in my high school band. This is exactly what a good non-fiction picture book can do, inspire you to explore further. I would recommend this to any young child with even a small amount of interest in music, of any kind.
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