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.

Mozart the Wonder Boy

By Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher

Book Retail price $10.95 Our price $10.00 From Salzburg to Munich to the Royal Palace, you'll follow Mozart as he grows up to become one of the best loved composers ever. Mozart the Wonder Boy is written in a simple style that even young readers can tackle. Some of Mozart's beautiful works included are: Minuet in G Minuet in F A Little Waltz Longing for Spring Wiegenlied Song from the Magic Flute A French Melody with Variation Bagatelle A Little Minuet for Violin and Piano Country Dance And many more for a total of 28 pieces 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 Mozart. 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 Bach/Mozart Companion CD Retail Price $7.95 Our price $7.00 The CD is for both Bach and Mozart. 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