Those Amazing Musical Instruments!: Your Guide to the Orchestra Through Sounds and Stories
- ISBN-10
- 1402208251
- ISBN-13
- 9781402208256
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks, Inc.
- Authors
- Genevieve Helsby, Marin Alsop
Description
A guide to the orchestra, from the cello to the clarinet to the tuba to the timpani, through sounds and stories.
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