This is a really gorgeous book, made with paper, watercolors, felt, and fur collage. It's a quick history of the invention of musical notation by Guido D'Arezzo, which was really an astounding and amazing feat. People who aren't musicians usually don't know who Guido was, and probably don't even think about what the world would be like if we weren't able to communicate musical sounds through writing. It's very beautifully illustrated and told in a language that would please both children and adu More...

everyone loves a book about a monk teaching young boys to play with their hands!...no really, this book is a great explanation of why we use solfege to teach music.