The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Can You Hear It?
by William Lach
children's book plus music compact disc
We chose this book at random to listen to and read in the car. At first I was confused because there seemed to be a long blank leader segment before the music started. When it did start I expected to hear a narrator's voice and music to accompany classic artwork. Instead, it is only the music that corresponds to certain pages.
The book has an introduction to instruments in an orchestra and then shows artwork. Each of 12 pieces of art corresponds to a track number on the music disc. The book says things like "Can you hear the bumblebee? Can you see the bumblebee"? The "Flight of the Bumblebee" plays and the reader looks at the picture.
Once the seven year old in my car and I understood this, it was entertaining, but it took us a while to "get it".
I guess I don't recommend that libraries purchase this because other patrons may be confused as I was.
