We wrote this for the Guardian Children’s Books Family Reviews  
A fun and noisy introduction to classical music. This book has plenty of buttons to press to accompany short introductions to what a symphony is, the different instruments in an orchestra & key vocabulary such as theme, harmony etc.

The book focuses on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 which is being performed at the concert that 3 mice are attending. The questions the mice ask, such as “What’s a Beethoven” and “Who’s that guy coming on the stage?” provide the perfect starting point to explore the nuts & bolts of classical music.

Freya loved pressing all the buttons which play snippets of the symphony with the sound of the trumpet proving her favourite. We all enjoyed looking at the pictures of the different instruments & pressing the matching buttons to the string, woodwind & brass instruments.

I think this is a great introduction to classical music and imagine it will be a very helpful before going to a concert to help Freya understand what she will be seeing & hearing.