Musical Instruments: From flutes carved of bone, to lutes, to modern electric guitars (Scholastic Voyages of Discovery: Music and Performing Arts) [Hardcover]

Scholastic Books and Gallimard Jeunesse (Author)

Book Description

An educational guide traces the development of musical instruments around the world, and includes strobe photographs that demonstrate musicians' movements and acetate pages that illustrate the inside of a recording studio.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Launching the Voyages of Discovery series, these distinctive volumes deploy all manner of visual matter to teach a variety of nonfiction topics. In addition to their textured, paper-over-board covers, their sturdy, glossy pages, their crisp, meticulously rendered illustrations and carefully reproduced photos, they feature a generous spectrum of fold-outs, miniature "books within-a-book," acetate overlays and other intriguing interactive elements. Exploring Space, the most encompassing and sensational of the four books, explains such phenomena as the movement of the planets, the development of the telescope and space exploration. Among the inventive bonuses here are two sky clocks that rotate to demonstrate changes in the night sky and a quadruple-page spread of various constellations that become 3-D when viewed through the "magic glasses" slipped into a pocket on the back cover. Concise historical overviews of art; fire and light; and music are presented in the other titles, all of which include reusable vinyl stickers to be placed on specific spots on the pages, as well as a detailed index, glossary, time line and sources of additional information. Though each volume is well worth its relatively steep cover price, Scholastic is introducing this series with a special offer: each book includes a coupon for a $5 rebate on the purchase of two additional Voyages of Discovery titles. Ages 8-up.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Hardcover: 45 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Trade (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590476386
• ISBN-13: 978-0590476386
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,923,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars GREAT 4 HISTORY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT LOVERS, July 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Musical Instruments: From flutes carved of bone, to lutes, to modern electric guitars (Scholastic Voyages of Discovery: Music and Performing Arts) (Hardcover)

If you are interested in the history of musical instruments this is a good book for you! I personally didn't like the book topic but I did enjoy the structure of the book and all the flaps and moving parts. The stickers that you can reuse are a lot of fun and the mini book inside the book is cool! If you would like to learn more about the history of musical instruments you should read this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Musical Instruments, December 15, 2007

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This review is from: Musical Instruments: From flutes carved of bone, to lutes, to modern electric guitars (Scholastic Voyages of Discovery: Music and Performing Arts) (Hardcover)

If you like music or the history of musical instruments, this is the book for you! Very colorful and student-friendly, you are sure to find excellent information.

3.0 out of 5 stars GREAT 4 HISTORY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT LOVERS, July 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Musical Instruments: From flutes carved of bone, to lutes, to modern electric guitars (Scholastic Voyages of Discovery: Music and Performing Arts) (Hardcover)

Musical Instruments is about the history of musical instruments. It is a good book for people who would like to learn more about the history of musical instruments. I, personally didn't like this book that much because I am not into history of musical instruments, however, I did enjoy the flaps throughout the book. If you would like to learn more about the history of musical instruments you should read this book.