picture book biography

Sample This is an inspiring children’s biography of the great musician Haydn. The story winds its way into the hearts of all music loving children: for it is told with all the understanding, sympathy and appreciation that its two inspired authors have to give. Be inspired by the musical beginning of the boy who later played before kings in palaces, and who has left us some of the most beautiful music ever written.

Opal Wheeler captures the superb quality of musical greatness of Beethoven and communicates it to boys and girls—a stirring tribute to the greatest composer of all.

Sample Mozart, The Wonder Boy presents the musical genius of this child prodigy, the loving family in which he was reared, and the impact he had on the world around him, "Here is a book about the most musical boy that ever lived. Fortunately for us he wrote a great deal of music and this we can hear today even though we can never hear him play it. His music is always lovely and you will surely hear more of it as you grow up Through his music, Mozart will always be to us a wonder man." - Peter W. Dykema-from the original 1941 edition