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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. With The Story Orchestra keyboard sound books, children can play the famous melodies themselves with the sound of a real grand piano.

As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes, you will press the buttons to hear 10 excerpts of music. Readers should press firmly on the pages to activate the sounds, encouraging interactive learning and introducing children to this beautiful piece of music.

At the back of the book, find a short biography of each compose with details about his composition of Swan Lake. 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. A glossary defines musical terms.

Choose from:

Swan Lake - Discover the spellbinding magic in this musical retelling of the ballet push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovskys score.

The Magic Flute - Discover the sorcery in this musical retelling of the operapush the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing, and singers singing, from Mozarts score.

Ages 3 - 7 years

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