The Barefoot Book of Stories from the Opera

by Shahrukh Husain

Book Overview

With vivid language, lots of facts for music lovers and beautiful illustrations, this expansive gift book introduces youngsters to seven of the world's best-loved operas in a delightful way. AGES:... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902283287
• ISBN13: 9781902283289
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Barefoot Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Even Opera Haters Will Love This Delightful Book

My children, ages 5 and 2, and I, a musician mom, love this book. The pictures are colorful and beautiful. The first page of each story is a picture of all the main opera characters with their names underneath, so the children can refer to this page if the story begins to confuse them. This is followed by a synopsis of the opera, a blurb about the composer and then the opera itself. The text is simply magnificent. The stories are interesting all on their own, and even if you don't like opera you will love this book.

"Child-Friendly" Opera

This book would be a good choice for introducing children to the stories from operas. The author does a nice job of retelling in simple terms, the often-time complicated stories from seven different "child-friendly" operas. Some of the stories will be new to children and are sure to hold their interest. A couple of the operas are based on fairy-tales the children already know and they will be interested to see the differences in these versions. My only complaint was that I did not feel that the illustrations lived up to the same high quality as the stories.