Animal Orchestra (Little Golden Book) [Hardcover]

Ilo Orleans (Author), Tibor Gergely (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Little Golden Book

It's musical day in Animal Town. This rhyming story about an animal orchestra and its hippo conductor is perfect for reading aloud. Children will have front-row seats as they imagine the rousing experience of a night at the orchestra. This Little Golden Book Classic is now back in print for a new generation of readers to enjoy.

Editorial Reviews

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This rhyming story about an animal orchestra and its hippo conductor is perfect for reading aloud. Children will have front-row seats as they imagine the rousing experience of a night at the orchestra! --This text refers to the Board book edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books; 1 edition (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307982874
• ISBN-13: 978-0307982872
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.2 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #54 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Theory, Composition & Performance > Sheet Music & Scores > Instrumentation > Orchestra

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great except for some incorrect instrument IDs, December 2, 2010

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Teddy Bird (Deer Creek Mesa, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Animal Orchestra (Little Golden Book) (Hardcover)

My almost-2-year-old boy asks us to read this book to him multiple times a day. The illustrations are good, and the story (to the extent there is one) makes sense and is engaging. The illustrations are probably too busy for a really young toddler, though. Lots going on here.

I question some of the descriptions of instruments, though. An animal wearing a wrap-around tuba is described as "trumpeting", and an animal playing what appear to be bagpipes is said to be playing the fife. Perhaps these terms were interchangeable long ago, but for now it's not accurate and just a slight bummer to have to change the text as you go.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Animal Orchestra, March 26, 2009

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C. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Animal Orchestra (Little Golden Book) (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book. It is written with rhyming sentences & has great illustrations by Richard Scarry. It introduces children to musical instruments. I enjoyed it as a child & memorized it & I can still recite it to this day. I think all children will love it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best kids book, March 10, 2010

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Turtle Hayes "momh" (beaumont, ca) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Animal Orchestra (Little Golden Treasures) (Board book)

I got this book for my little girl at 8 months, lost it a few months later, such a well written book with so many wonderful animals for her to learn and be able to pick out of a crowd, the story is perfect for little kids. She totally has the words memorized with the hand motions and knows all the animals, we are now learning the instruments. great book at any age.