Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)

This was a great gift for my friend’s neurodivergent child.

I am a homeschooling mother of two and is constantly looking for educational material. This is a great book, the illustrations are funny and kids love the humorous bits and pieces. The information is presented in a very effective manner. I started my children very early on with music theory and can honestly say that all the books in the series serves as a great introduction to this field especially for younger children (age 4 onward)

We used this book with elementary students in our after school program. Since this year Mozart celebrated a special birthday, we decided to call our class Mozart Mania. First, the students purchased a copy of this book and read it. During our first after school session, the students watched the video The Magic Flute. For their second session, we reviewed Mozart's life by talking about the book, and then we played jeopardy game based on the book's content. The children were divided into three teams, had hand-held buttons to push, just like the real jeopardy game. The book was easy to read and loved by the students. Our third activity was to take the children to a Mozart concert played by the Lincoln Symphony. The book was a hit!

bought for grand children ... they love it along with other books for kids about classical composers and CD's that I picked for them. I also bought them a Cd player of their own so they can listen to various passages of music on their own ... they love it all and ask each other when hearing a piece whether it is Mozart or Beethoven or ... - grkids range from 4 to 9

All of the "Getting to Know" books (whether about composers or artists) I have purchased have been very useful. A lot of information is presented in a concise and entertaining way. A valuable teaching tool for any classroom or home library.

Great book for young readers

I can't say enough about this entire series. The cartoons make the books so much more interesting and fun for my girls. After trying one of them, I had to go back and buy several of the composers and artists. We homeschool and use them for art and music history. Before finding this, I had checked two local libraries, and nothing out there was anywhere as engaging. They are always excited to start a new one.

While the written material is fine, and the reproductions of Mozart & family paintings are wonderful, I found the ‘humorous’ modern day cartoons distracting and absurd. My grandson wants to learn about Mozart, and, at not quite 4, the ‘humor’ only confuses and distracts him. It’s a shame because, other than the silly cartoons, it’s a lovely book.