The Carnival of the Animals (Book & CD)

Great book for music lovers and children alike. There are many fun and classic songs included and the illustrations on each page enhance the fun for children. It is poetry so my kids needed help understanding but they enjoyed it.

This CD is another way for kids to get introduced to musical instruments along with Peter and the Wolf.

A beautifully illustrated book with cd! We have learned to appreciate both classical music, and instruments!!!

I got this for my 3 year old daughter for Christmas. She saw the finale for "Carnival of Animals" in the movie "Fantasia 2000" (dancing flamingos-check it out), and she loves it, so I got this to show her there was more to it. It has a nice little book, a cd that has the words to the book in it set to the music, and the entire "Carnival of Animals" set by itself at the end of the CD (track 16). It would be a good investment to teach my child to like classical music in some form. This is a good introduction.

I read these poems after listening to each part of "Carnival of the Animals" with my music class. The kids love listening to the poems and looking at the pictures.

We bought this book/CD set for our grandchildren (boy 5 & girl 6) and although they do not hear classical music often at home it was a joy to listen to the 6 year old read the book (with help), listen to the music related to each animal and admire the beautifuly illustrated pictures of each while discussing it with them. What pleased me also was overhearing them afterwards, while playing & apparently still listening to track 16 (22 minutes of the original strickly music composition at the end of the CD), I could hear them call out 'that's the tortoise' or that's 'the fossils', even 'that's the Personages with long ears'. There is also a note to parents & teachers at the back of the book. I like to think our grandchildren will remember someday, enjoying that time with Grandma as I so often enjoy the memories of my older sister playing quality recordings for my brothers & me.

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As a music teacher, I'm always looking for new ways to present classical music to my students. The verses that go with each piece of music in Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals add so much to the listening of the music. I not only bought this to use at school with my first graders, but bought two copies for my two granddaughters. We read and listened our way through the zoo until the CD began to skip and then refused to work! This is a wonderful resource, but check to see that the CD is in good working order when it arrives. Somehow one of them slipped through quality control! Jack Prelutsky is a favorite children's writer and has done a great job of describing the various animals in a humorous way, while at the same time giving the student something to listen for in the music.

Es gibt drei Sterne dafür, dass das Buch wunderschön und die Musik sowieso einzigartig ist. Für Kinder genügt es vermutlich. Das ist aber auch schon alles. Die Musikstücke haben einen mehr oder weniger hohen Rauschpegel und scheppern sogar bei dem einen oder anderen Ton. Bei manchen Stücken fehlt schlichtweg die Tiefe - wie aus dem Schuhkarton... Man hört außerdem, dass die Stücke unter unterschiedlichen Bedingungen aufgenommen wurden, da sich die Klangtiefe des Orchesters doch deutlich von Stück zu Stück unterscheidet. Wirklich schade, habe z.B. mit CDs der deutschen Grammophon niemals solche Erfahrungen gehabt - und das trotz analoger Aufnahmen, die nachträglich auf CD gepresst wurden. Wer Wert auf ein Gesamtkonzept (Buch, Musik und Gedichtvortrag) legt und dem die Klangqualität des Orchesters nicht so wichtig ist, dem sei es gegönnt.

This book is gorgeous cover to cover. The magnificent music of Saint Saens is perfectly accompanied by this little gem of a book. A great gift for children and parents, music and art lovers alike.

The CD is fake and only plays the first piece

動物達の様子が良く伝わる音楽で、サンサーンスの、音楽的表現の仕方が、素晴らしいと、思った。 昔、サンサーンスの、白鳥という、レコードで、曲を聞いてから、ずっと、気になっていたので、出会えて嬉しかったです。 チャイコフスキーの、白鳥の湖が先か、それとも、サンサーンスか、どっちが先に生まれて、書いたかは、私には、わかりませんが、 どちらも、白鳥の美しさや、優雅さを、うまく表現しているのに、感心しました。

Looking forward to enjoying this book together with my Music classes (elementary)