Make Your Own Musical Instruments

School Library Journal

Gr 3-4–These innovative selections each include step-by-step instructions and full-color photos to illustrate the crafts. Projects have a broad cultural representation and are not gender specific. Materials are easily obtained. Masks includes an Aztec skull, a Bwa sun mask, a Greek Medusa, and a Viking mask. Musical Instruments features castanets, bongo drums, and a jazz washboard. Puppets includes a Venus flytrap and a Chinese dragon. A Didgeridoo pencil case and an MP3-player case are among the projects in Purses. Similar to existing series except that content is more culturally specific, these books are great for classroom and individual use.–G. Alyssa Parkinson, Highland Township Library, MI