What Makes Music? ( A Magic Ribbon Book) [Board book]

Betty Ann Schwartz (Author), Dona Turner (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

The surprises never end in this Magic Ribbon Book about music.
A family of birds introduces early readers to music, note by note. Colorful ribbons add more pizzazz--one for each musical note--that thread the book together as each page adds a shiny new ribbon.
While learning their Do Re Mi, kids will love the surprise climax, compliments of a musical sound chip!
This educational book is a feast for the eyes and ears.

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From the Publisher

What Makes Music? is the sequel to the international bestseller What Makes A Rainbow?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 16 pages
• Publisher: Piggy Toes Press (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581171390
• ISBN-13: 978-1581171396
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 7.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #999,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not your typical pop-up book!, April 21, 2002

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Kym "An adventurous unschooling mama" (Roaming the US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Makes Music? ( A Magic Ribbon Book) (Board book)

My husband is a former public school music educator and chose this book for one of our son's two-year birthday gifts. We had no idea it would be such a hit! In less then one week, he learned the musical scale by heart!

Although called a "pop-up", this wonderful little book is really much more resilient and well made than a standard pop-up. Instead of typical paper pop-ups, each page reveals a beautiful ribbon of a different color to represent each note on the musical scale. Imaginative and sweet illustrations show how Mama bird teaches her baby how to make music, and baby bird learns the notes of the scale along with the reader. Each ribbon is sized according to the ascending note on the scale and makes a lovely visual effect when the scale is complete. This could also be a great tool for teaching colors!

My son is thrilled when we get to the last page and the ultimate pop-up, (this one is paper but well made) of Mama bird playing her scales in full glory, each one labeled and in corresponding color from the previous pages. You'll love the sparkle in your child's eyes when he discovers the best surprise of all - a well concealed music chip that plays the scale in ascending then descending order when you reach the grand finale' final page!

A lovely and charming book that will have your little one memorizing the musical scale and colors of the rainbow with eager delight.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars WEAK COMPARED TO WHAT MAKES A RAINBOW, April 23, 2002

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We got "What Makes A Rainbow" as a gift and the baby has loved it since 3 weeks old. It is one of our very favorite books and it inspired us to try this book, but the music chip was defective and the story is weak. Maybe our timing was off in terms of when we introduced it, but our baby never got interested in it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wish it worked the first time, April 30, 2003

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I ordered two copies of this book. It is charming just like "What Makes a Rainbow", though I was disappointed to discover that the musical sound chip in both copies was defective. I've ordered replacements, but am hesitant to recommend this book.