Customer Reviews

Pictures at an Exhibition (Charlesbridge)

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A wonderful picture book which brings true story, art and music together I have ever read. They harmonize well. Reading this book with the accompanying Mussorgsky's music is one of my greatest enjoyment,especially when in late afternoon. I highly recommend this book to the students who now are learning art or music but do not have much time for reading. It is a good opportunity for them to get started from it and will bring in something for them.

This book is yet another treasure in this series for children. The vivid illustrations are so beautiful and they complete the story well. The author gives a good accounting of the story here, without going too far into the details that would be unpleasant for young children. This story is full of passion and the music CD that accompanies it is wonderful. My children love this series and beg to listen to the music from each book. What a great gift to give any child; the love of music! I love that my young children know the stories behind great compositions and enjoy listening to them. I have learned a thing or two from reading these books as well! Definitely worth five stars!

A great book about music and friendship. Excellent. Be warned that the composer's friend dies - It is handled delicately, but wanted you to know.

The paperback version does NOT come with the CD. I returned my paperback copy that was missing the CD and Amazon sent me another paperback copy with NO CD... DO NOT buy the paperback if you want the CD!!!

Pictures at an Exhibition I liked the book very much, as well as the colorful illustrations. I bought it for my elementary school students. Most third graders could stay with the story without more pictures breaking up the text. (I wouldn't recommend going lower.) My main disapppointment was with the accompanying CD. It was a recording of the piano music, all good and well, but there was only one band so hearing the different musical "picures" was difficult. My students cannot stay focused on a thirty-minute piece. I purchased an orchestral recording (on it each section had a separate band) for my students to hear much of the music. Other than this, I would recommend the book highly. I'd give it a FIVE if the piano recording had the bands separating the selections.

This is a beautifully illustrated story of how Pictures At An Exhibition came to be written. The pictures are colourful, detailed and captivating. The story is sensitively written at a level for children between the ages of 8 - 12 or so.

As a home schooling mom I'm always looking for new things that will interest my 3 & 5 year old. The story and illustrations are great and the CD is just the cherry on top! I think we've read and listened to the book at least 10 times since we got it a month ago.

I've just got my TWO ordered hardcover copies (one of the copies is supposed to be a gift to a friend). For now I give this item only 1 star, because both books come WITHOUT CDs! Both copies though have stickers on them saying the CD comes with the book.

So I guess I will only be able to review the item after I get the set completed...

I bought this book planning to use it as part of a literacy through music appreciation unit. In most ways I like the book, but it devotes four pages of text to the death of Victor Hartmann and the guilt that Mussorgsky felt over his death. This is something that can be easily handled in a one on one "read to me" situation at home, but in a classroom like mine, there are always children who are coping with the recent loss of a close friend or family member and do not handle the subject of death well. Guilt just adds to the burden.

Otherwise it is a great book and will make an excellent classroom unit. I might have to edit it a bit.