Adventures with Music
The authors behind Adventures With Music, Inc. offer a series of novels for student musicians. This series cultivates excitement about music for students while providing an effective tool for music teachers.
The Adventures with Music series books published by www.giamusic.com are written for grades 4-8. This series weaves real musical examples, composers, conductors, and performers into a compelling narrative that tells the story of student musicians who lead richer, fuller lives through music.
Adventures with Music Books 1- 4
$8.95 each
How to Use the Adventures with Music Series
• For Parents, Teachers, & Librarians
Intended for intermediate readers in grades 4 through 8, these music instruction books capture the interests of both boys and girls. The series fosters a love of reading while exposing students to American history and the foundations of music. The musician characters provide positive role models for any child, but especially students who like music or play an instrument.
• In the General Music Classroom
Support reading across the curriculum in your classroom. The Adventures with Music series promotes musicians as can-do kids. Musical concepts are embedded throughout each high-interest story, thus reinforcing what students are learning in your classroom. Provide your students with a background rich in music history in an exciting context. The music learning books are written to appeal to a variety of reading levels, and as a result, support differentiated instruction in your classroom.
• Instrumental Music Teachers
Build interest when recruiting beginners and maintain that excitement as students develop their musical skills. The Adventures with Music series provides students with positive role models of well-rounded, active musicians. Students see how music can be an essential part of their lives and are drawn to the exciting stories that reinforce the concepts they will encounter when they play an instrument. The series’ characters learn to read music, rehearse, and persevere all while developing leadership skills in their school’s music program. Music history is woven throughout, helping you keep the legacy of music alive for young musicians.
Adventures with Music Curriculum Guides
$12.00 each
Each book in the series offers a Curriculum Guide to assist teachers and/or parents in developing language, literacy, content, and music skills at home or in the classroom. These guides provide a framework to strengthen student literacy skills while enabling students to develop or enrich their base of musical knowledge. They also help educators blend the teaching of music with the English Language Arts Standards. Included are vocabulary suggestions, active reading questions, enrichment activities, music quizzes, music vocabulary, student worksheets, writing activities, and much more.
Contact us today to order copies of our Adventures in Music series for your students. We proudly serve customers throughout the United States and Canada.
Early Readers Group
Before we send our next book to the publisher, we will have six young musicians from North America read the new manuscript. If you would like to be a part of this exciting process, please email the authors at info@adventureswithmusic.net to request a form. The Kimptons look forward to hearing from our readers.
