The Dow's Schoolroom

Introduce your children to some of the greatest composers ever. These biographies by Opal Wheeler are directed to the 1-6 grader, but can be enjoyed by any age. Each book has interesting information about each composer written in story form. They also contain music written by the composer that your budding musician can play, or can listen while someone else plays.

The Study Guide will help you create a Unit Study based on these famous composers. The CD (which has 2 composers on one CD) has a performance of all the music in the books which can be printed out as sheet music for you to play and color sheets for your child to enjoy while you read the book aloud or listen to the beautiful music.

Be sure to check out the other titles in Opal Wheeler's list of biographies. If you are interested in learning even more about the composers, take a look at Classical Kids.

Joseph Haydn the Merry Little Peasant

By Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher

Book Retail price $10.95 Our price $10.00 Always fascinated with musical instruments, Joseph Haydn came to be a wonderful composer. His humble beginnings didn't stop him from eventually playing before kings in palaces. Some of Haydn's beautiful works included are: Minuet in D Andantino Minuet in C Sonata Minuet in E La Roxelane Allegro Serenata Scherzo Andante from The Surprise Symphony Andante from The Clock Symphony Gypsy Rondo Austrian Hymn Study Guide by Judy Wilcox Grades 1-6 Retail price $4.95 Our price $4.20 Judy Wilcox has put together a study guide to help you get the most out of your study of Haydn. Although you can still learn and enjoy the book on its own, this study guide will make it come to life. Each chapter coincides with the chapters in the book and includes: Maps Timelines Reading comprehension questions Character quality highlights Extra tidbits Beethoven/Haydn Companion CD Retail Price $7.95 Our price $7.00 The CD is for both Beethoven and Haydn. It has mp3 recordings of all the music in the books so you can hear for yourself why these are considered the great composers. The music can also be printed out as sheet music to be played on your own at home. There are color sheets to be printed for the kids to color while they listen to the story being read or the music being played.

Check out other books by Opal Wheeler Ludwig Beethoven and the Chiming Tower Bells Haydn The Merry Little Peasant Sebastian Bach, The Boy of Thuringia Mozart the Wonder Boy Handel at the Court of the Kings Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff