Pyotr: The Boy Who Felt Everything

By: Faidley, Elizabeth A.

efore The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and some of the world's most beloved classical music, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was simply Pyotr, a sensitive little boy who seemed to hear and feel everything more intensely than the people around him.

Growing up in Russia, Pyotr loved music so deeply that it could stay inside his mind even after the instruments had stopped playing. He worried, loved fiercely, struggled with separation and loss, and sometimes felt overwhelmed by the world around him. Rather than making those feelings disappear, Pyotr eventually discovered somewhere to put them: into music. PYOTR_8.5x8.5_Bleed

His path to becoming a composer was far from straightforward. Pyotr studied law, worked as a government clerk, and only later made the courageous decision to leave a secure career and devote himself to music. PYOTR_8.5x8.5_Bleed Along the way, he faced criticism, self-doubt, and rejection, yet continued creating works that would become treasured around the world, including his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. PYOTR_8.5x8.5_Bleed

Written in an engaging, accessible style for young readers, Pyotr: The Boy Who Felt Everything brings Tchaikovsky out of the history books and introduces children to the real person behind the famous music. Through memorable stories, listening suggestions, and moments of humor and emotion, readers discover that composers were once children too, with fears, dreams, mistakes, friendships, and extraordinary ideas.

Most importantly, Pyotr's story offers a powerful message for children who experience the world intensely: sometimes the thing that feels like "too much" does not need to become smaller. It may simply need somewhere meaningful to go. PYOTR_8.5x8.5_Bleed

A warm introduction to classical music, creativity, resilience, emotional sensitivity, and one of history's most beloved composers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HLG6WKVP
• ISBN13: 9798177720753
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 8.5"