Percussion

Children's Literature - Judy Chernak

Readers will find colorful illustrations detailing the working parts of well-known and exotic instruments as well as beautiful photographs of musicians in native dress performing with such intriguing things as bark or gourd scrapers rubbed with a stick. Familiar and standard brass and percussion are also covered, of course, all with excellent diagrams of the way they work and notes about their origins. Helpful glossaries and historical notes make this series "Musical Instruments" a good choice to spark musical interests in almost any child. 1999 (orig.