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Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin by Lloyd Moss
4.0
Assignment: Picture Book Project
Category: Choice
Recommending Source: 1996 Caldecott Honor Book
Review: This bright and colorful book takes you inside the world of music introducing the reader to 10 different instruments with the turn of each page. Inside the concert hall is a variety of musical instruments that play simultaneously creating a symphony. One by one, the music from all of the instruments come together and invites the reader to appreciate what music has to offer.
As you look at the front cover of this book, you see a violinist performing on a stage and he seems to sway with the music he plays. Seen only from his head to his waist, the violinist is actually coming into view at a 45 degree angle into the upper portion of the cover and when you turn to look at the back cover, his legs seems to have been swept up from below as he may even be dancing to the music. The texts on both covers are also curved instead of going across an imaginary straight line which creates the impression of movement. The background colors used are bright and pleasing and include: salmon, carrot orange, orchid, periwinkle, and gold. The colors also seem to blend together which actually softens the image of the violinist in the foreground. The same theme of fluid, swaying movement among the curved text and each drawn character as well as the pleasing colors carries on throughout the entire book. As you see each musician play their instrument, animals such as cats are among the audience and are seen dancing, swinging, and swaying to the sounds. Within each verse, the numbers, musical groups, and instruments are typed in all capital letters bringing attention to the relationship between them.
This book is a wonderful tool to use in a music classroom serving many different purposes. It provides a good introduction to different types of instruments to children as well as teaches them to count while learning what the names are of each group of musicians. The author uses poetic rhythms for each verse and the rhymes help make it easier to remember the vivid descriptions of each instrument, different musical groups, and a few musical terms. Taking students on a field trip to visit with a local orchestra and watching a symphony in concert would be a great extension to this book.
I enjoyed reading this book. When I looked at the cover, it invited me in with the warmth of colors it displayed and the movement of the drawings and text made me curious as to what type of story would be told inside. As I am very fond of music, I have often wondered what it would be like had I chosen to go the route of a music teacher instead of a classroom teacher. It seems there is so much in the field of music that I’m still yet to learn about. I also read this book learning new musical terms I was not familiar with before such as what you would call each groups of musicians in sequential order. After reading the book, I wonder just how far the terms for musical groups will go!
Category: Choice
Recommending Source: 1996 Caldecott Honor Book
Review: This bright and colorful book takes you inside the world of music introducing the reader to 10 different instruments with the turn of each page. Inside the concert hall is a variety of musical instruments that play simultaneously creating a symphony. One by one, the music from all of the instruments come together and invites the reader to appreciate what music has to offer.
As you look at the front cover of this book, you see a violinist performing on a stage and he seems to sway with the music he plays. Seen only from his head to his waist, the violinist is actually coming into view at a 45 degree angle into the upper portion of the cover and when you turn to look at the back cover, his legs seems to have been swept up from below as he may even be dancing to the music. The texts on both covers are also curved instead of going across an imaginary straight line which creates the impression of movement. The background colors used are bright and pleasing and include: salmon, carrot orange, orchid, periwinkle, and gold. The colors also seem to blend together which actually softens the image of the violinist in the foreground. The same theme of fluid, swaying movement among the curved text and each drawn character as well as the pleasing colors carries on throughout the entire book. As you see each musician play their instrument, animals such as cats are among the audience and are seen dancing, swinging, and swaying to the sounds. Within each verse, the numbers, musical groups, and instruments are typed in all capital letters bringing attention to the relationship between them.
This book is a wonderful tool to use in a music classroom serving many different purposes. It provides a good introduction to different types of instruments to children as well as teaches them to count while learning what the names are of each group of musicians. The author uses poetic rhythms for each verse and the rhymes help make it easier to remember the vivid descriptions of each instrument, different musical groups, and a few musical terms. Taking students on a field trip to visit with a local orchestra and watching a symphony in concert would be a great extension to this book.
I enjoyed reading this book. When I looked at the cover, it invited me in with the warmth of colors it displayed and the movement of the drawings and text made me curious as to what type of story would be told inside. As I am very fond of music, I have often wondered what it would be like had I chosen to go the route of a music teacher instead of a classroom teacher. It seems there is so much in the field of music that I’m still yet to learn about. I also read this book learning new musical terms I was not familiar with before such as what you would call each groups of musicians in sequential order. After reading the book, I wonder just how far the terms for musical groups will go!