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Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf

With a Fully-orchestrated and Narrated CD

Sergei Prokofiev

Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · September 14, 2004

THERE IS NO better way to introduce children to classical music than with Prokofiev’s musical fairy tale of the little boy (played by all the strings of the orchestra) who, with the help of a bird (played by the flute), outsmarted the big, bad wolf (played by the French horns).

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Who it’s for
A familiar fairy tale opens a child-friendly way into orchestral sound.
Themes
Classical music, A child outsmarts a wolf, Kindness toward adversaries
Genres
Music Stories, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Animal Stories

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THERE IS NO better way to introduce children to classical music than with Prokofiev’s musical fairy tale of the little boy (played by all the strings of the orchestra) who, with the help of a bird (played by the flute), outsmarted the big, bad wolf (played by the French horns). And now with this book and CD package, children can look and listen all at the same time.

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A new retelling by Janet Schulman follows the basic story, but with a kinder ending for both the big bad wolf and the argumentative duck. Peter Malone’s paintings have the luminous quality of old Russian masters. The CD, with music performed by the Cincinnati Pops and word-for-word narration by Peter A. Thomas, was made exclusively for this book and CD package.

Story Meets Score

A familiar fairy tale opens a child-friendly way into orchestral sound.

Come here for

  • Music woven into a retelling of Prokofiev’s fairy tale
  • Paintings with the luminous quality of old Russian masters

Expect

  • A kinder ending for the wolf and the argumentative duck
  • A narrated CD performed with the Cincinnati Pops

Where it sits

Fairy Tales & Folklore41%
Animal Stories31%
Music Stories31%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Animal Stories
  • Folktale Retellings
  • Music Stories
Authors
Sergei Prokofiev
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published
September 14, 2004
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Classical music · A child outsmarts a wolf · Kindness toward adversaries
Reading lane
Animal Stories