Customer Reviews

What Makes Music? ( A Magic Ribbon Book)

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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.

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.

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.

What Makes Music is a great book to use in music with younger learners. My students love the book in that it uses audio scale steps as well as the visual. They sing along with the progression and I use the step bells to reinforce the direction. One of the best!!

Very cute, visually pleasing, with real potential for introducing informative concepts to young children. However, I was very disappointed with how the book works. Colored ribbons are used to designate notes on a musical scale, but there were no sounds on each page until the last page. At first, I thought I received a malfunctioning book, but I ordered two of them and both was the same. Very disappointing.

Its a short and simple book that introduces the 8 note music scale. The ribbons are a neat concept and hold up well. The music chip at the back was defective from the start.

We sing the doe-a-deer song with it sometimes--because the story is simple. It is a clever book though, for finding a concrete way to explain to very young children the concept of music notes. You can't go wrong with it, my seven year old likes to read it too.

The item arrived very quickly and that is why I gave any stars at all. This book was listed in good condition. It would be generous to give it a 'fair' rating. Since this is an interactive book, you must take that into consideration when describing the quality.

The ribbons in this book are all wrinkled and folded. The book is fairly beat up in the front and back cover. Most upsetting, the pop-out on the very last page was destroyed. Completely inoperable.