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Buzz and Ollie's Loud, Soft Adventure

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The Adventures of Buzz and Ollie are an excellent resource for early childhood music education. I have experienced the value of this book in two roles. As a music educator, I appreciate this insightful introduction to the fundamental musical concept of amplitude. As a parent, I appreciate how the clever rhymes and colorful graphics hold the attention of my own children as they enjoy the amusing plots. This is one volume in a great set of well-produced books for home and school. My family bought a set for ourselves and one for our children's elementary school library.

This book is fun to read, both to children and by children. Without even realizing it, they will be learning key musical concepts. The illustrations are great! And they are large enough to be seen by a group of children if the book is being read to them.

I found Buzz and Ollie's Loud, Soft Adventure to be a delightful and enjoyable reading experience. What a fun way to learn musical concepts! I especially enjoyed the bright, colorful illustrations. Children of all ages will surely enjoy the advertures that Buzz and Ollie find themselves in and they will be learning foundational music concepts in the process. My four year old grandson (who rarely sits still for long) enjoyed it from cover to cover as did I. I highly recommend this book.

I'm an elementary school music teacher and the mother of a young child. When I saw this book on amazon I hoped it would be an enriching book for me to share with my child and that it would offer a refreshing new activity for use with my Kindergarten music classes. I doubt I'll use it for either... the seller I bought it from offers only a 7 day return window or I would definitely have sent it back.

I'm so disappointed in this book! From the ad's description you would think that there is some sort of puzzle for the reader to solve that leads to the books resolution. That's not the case AT ALL. It's just a typical children's story with lots of mentions of loud and soft sounds and rather a weird plot (there's a car accident and suddenly some kittens show up, but we're not supposed to worry at all about the driver or passengers... that's just for starters...) Also, the rhymes are distractingly ackward. The illustrations are passable, but not great or a reason to purchase the book.

As a music teacher I do appreciate that they incorportated the vocabulary word "forte," though there's no mention of "piano."

This is definitely one to skip!!!