Skip & Melody and the Whole Note Storybook

Here’s a great way to save some money! These 40 music concept, seasonal and composer storybooks are an essential element of the KiddyKeys Curriculum. Young students love the rhyming verses and bright, colorful graphics. Stock up and share with your students for at-home fun and learning too, or use them as a supplement for your private preschool piano and music lessons.

Every child can write a song, so let’s read this story and learn how it’s done! Ready to compose? Say ready, set, go! Colorful illustrations educate and entertain, and ample text per page minimizes page turns so children have the time they need to see and learn.

Ready for a treasure hunt? Let’s go along with Skip as he, Music the Dog, and Melody learn about the treble clef.

Let’s learn about the bass clef with our friend Melody. Children will love counting the staff lines and finding F. For low sounds with the left hand, to the bass clef we go!

Why buy just one when you can have nine times the fun? Purchase the complete set of nine composer storybooks at the package price and you’ll be the music all-star of the day! This set includes A Boy Named Beethoven, B Is for Bach, C Is for Clara, Joplin’s Journey, Let’s Meet Mozart, Let’s Meet Amy Beach, Meet Miss Mozart, The Year with Fanny, and the story featuring your students—You’re a Composer!

Kids love to skip, and notes can skip too. In this story, Skip and Melody show us how to skip around on the staff. When you’re done reading, you’ll all skip away.

Let’s go take a walk on top of the keys. Skip leads us and our friend Melody to find the groups of 3 black keys. Keyboard geography in a story—so much fun!

This patriotic story relates the lines and spaces of the staff to the stripes of the US flag. Call it Old Glory, our symbol so true. It has special colors: red, white, and blue. Join the parade and be a star today!

Our music friend Melody will show the way. We’ll learn about the staff in this book, hooray! Pictures show lines, spaces, and notes galore.

F is for Fanny, like the F that we play. Fanny Mendelssohn wrote a piece for each month of the year. Turn the pages one by one, and we’ll learn about Fanny’s life. Colorful illustrations educate and entertain, and ample text per page minimizes page turns so children have the time they need to see and learn.

This spider’s not scary—he likes to have fun. Spidey’s his name; he’s a friend to everyone. Let’s visit Spidey as he climbs on the staff.

A student and teacher favorite, bubble fingers really are the best. This book is a terrific introduction to hand position. Be prepared—you’ll be reading this story over and over again!

There’s another Mozart we’d like you to meet. It’s a girl, and she’s a treat! Wolfgang Mozart had an older sister named Nannerl. Let’s learn about her life and her adventures with Wolfgang. Colorful illustrations educate and entertain, and ample text per page minimizes page turns so children have the time they need to see and learn.

A journey you won’t soon forget. Scott Joplin, the king of ragtime, leads the way as we follow his footsteps in a child-friendly manner. Come on along! Colorful illustrations educate and entertain, and ample text per page minimizes page turns so children have the time they need to see and learn.

Let’s have fun with Melody as we learn about high and low. Through reaching high to the sky and low to our toes, we’ll move, listen, and learn together. Here we go!

Is it a golf club? Is it a light? A head and a stem, we’ll soon get this right. The quarter note takes center stage in this rhyming tale of the note that gets one beat. Also, remember your manners: always say “please!”

The cat, dog, and elephant lead us on a march past the 2 black keys. Keyboard geography explored in rhyme? Sounds like a good time!

Come close for a secret you can hear. I’ll whisper really softly, so come very near. It’s no secret that this book will be a great way for your students to explore the dynamics piano and forte. They’ll learn about dynamics with their music friend Skip.