A review by plexbrarian
88 Instruments by Chris Barton

4.0

A boy goes through a music store in an attempt to decide which instrument he wants to learn (although he really wants to learn ALL of them!). Will he pick the squeakiest? The squonkiest? Or other onomatopoeic nonsensical words to describe the sounds of the instruments he puts his mouth on? (As a band geek that part kinda grossed me out.)
Overall, it was cute and nice that his parents were letting him have a choice and look through things on his own. I still think he should have gone with his second test instrument (bagpipes), but his final choice (piano) was probably one of the best for him to start out for learning music theory and developing dexterity without having to worry about inflating bags, reed maintenance or emptying spit valves. :)