Music Teachers Blog

I’m always on the lookout for music books that I can recommend to my students, give as birthday gifts, or just read to get my own inspriation kick started. “M is For Music” by Kathleen Krull is a beautifully illustrated children’s book that goes through each letter of the alphabet to describe styles, instruments, and musicians. Opening with some wonderful quotes such as “Without music life would be a mistake” (Nietzche), the book then dives into the letter A with a beautiful illustration of a very long accordion. Other words decorate the page such as “alto” “accapella”, and “aria”. There’s even an illustrated record cover of Louis Armstrong. The Beatles, Cajun music, Jazz, and even “finger snapping folk singers” grace the pages of this delightful book. My favoritie page is the one for the letter U that says “U is for ukuleles in unison”.
At the end of the book there is a glossary of all the words used in the book with more detailed definitions and explanations. This is a great book to use to introduce young children to musical conccepts. It’s defnitley a great way to get their music vocabulary jump started.

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