Peter and the Wolf (Life, Times and Music Series)

Rating:
Summary: disappointing ending
Review: After opening this book and seeing the excellent pictures, descriptions of the instruments and explanations of the correlation between the characters in the story and the instruments, I was very disappointed with the ending referring to the duck still alive inside the wolf. Most other versions of the story have the duck miraculously appearing safely at the end, an ending much preferred by my younger students.

Rating:
Summary: Peter and the Wolf
Review: The author has divided this book into three sections. The first section is devoted to the instruments and the characters they represent. The second, and main section, is Dewhirst's retelling of the story, which is more enjoyable for my children because of the slight deviation the author takes. Finally, there is a brief biography of Sergei Prokofiev, the composer of the piece.

A very strong point is the inclusion of an audio CD of the piece, narrated by Leonard Bernstein.