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The Story Orchestra: The Magic Flute: Press the note to hear Mozart's music (Volume 6) (The Story Orchestra, 6) Hardcover – Sound Book, November 16, 2021

by Katy Flint (Author), Jessica Courtney Tickle (Illustrator)
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Discover the sorcery of The Magic Flute in this musical retelling of the opera—push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing, and singers singing, from Mozart’s score.

This classic opera, reworked for the benefit of younger readers, tells a tale of a prince, a princess and a magic flute, which begins in a mountain ridge between two magical lands. Prince Tamino enters, chased by a dragon, but three brave mountain rangers gallop past on horseback to rescue him.

His cowardly friend Papageno comes out from his hiding place and they revive the prince. The rangers ask for one favor in return. Their boss, the Queen of the Night, asks Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter, Princess Pamina, from the evil Sun King. She gives Tamino a magic flute and Papageno some magic bells to help them.

The story follows Prince Tamino as he breaks into the Sun King’s palace, charms the court with his magic flute, and gets caught by the guards. Will the prince escape with the princess?

As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes, you will press the buttons to hear 10 excerpts from the opera’s music. Readers should press firmly on the pages to activate the sounds, encouraging interactive learning and introducing children to this beautiful piece of music.

At the back of the book, find a short biography of the composer, Mozart, with details about his composition of The Magic Flute. Next to this, you can replay the musical excerpts and, for each of them, read a discussion of the instruments, rhythms, and musical techniques that make them so powerful. A glossary defines musical terms.

The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera, and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores. With The Story Orchestra keyboard sound books, children can play the famous melodies themselves with the sound of a real grand piano.

Also available from the series: I Can Play (vol 1), Carnival of the Animals, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Four Seasons in One Day.

Manufacturer’s note: please pull the white tab out of the back of the book before use. Sound buttons require a firm push in exact location to work, which may be hard for young children. All sound clips are 10 seconds long.

The perfect primer to introduce children to classical music.
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    The Story Orchestra
  3. Print length
    24 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    Preschool - 2
  6. Dimensions
    10.85 x 0.95 x 12.3 inches
  7. Publisher
    Frances Lincoln Children's Books
  8. Publication date
    November 16, 2021
  9. ISBN-10
    0711260133
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0711260139
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‘Mozart’s world famous opera is reimagined as an exquisite novelty book in the latest Story Orchestra title, which plays 10 clips featuring a real orchestra and voices.’―Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

About the Author

Jessica Courtney-Tickle is an illustrator who graduated from Kingston University in July 2014. Her absolute favorite thing to draw or paint is nature, finding a focus on foliage of any kind as well as children's stories about adventure and exploration. She also has a penchant for drawing theater from music makers to dancers and even singing animals. Jessica is most influenced by vintage picture books, travel posters, and folk art as well as numerous painters and printmakers.

Katy Flint is an author, editor, and musician, based in London. She studied violin at the University of Southampton, before moving into children's books. She is the author of the much-loved Story Orchestra series, and has worked on many other non-fiction titles – from human bodies to dinosaurs. She connects with people all around the globe on her Intro to Children’s Publishing course. Find her on Instagram: @katy_flint

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Frances Lincoln Children's Books (November 16, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 24 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0711260133
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0711260139
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 5 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.85 x 0.95 x 12.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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I'll be honest. I'm not all that familiar with "The Magic Flute." With that being said, I felt like the story was presented in a way that it was fun for a young child. Yet, I also felt like something was missing. It would have been nice if it was just a little longer. Looking at the other books in the series, it looks like they are all the same length, though. I got this for my niece, who is almost four. She isn't super interested in the story right now, but she did love pressing the buttons to make the music.Unfortunately, with some of the buttons, you have to be exact about how and where you press the buttons, and they have to be pressed pretty hard to get them to work. When the buttons didn't work as well as she'd like, my niece got really frustrated. She's at an age where she wants to do as much as possible on her own, and she didn't want help pressing the buttons. It would have been nice if the buttons had been a little easier for her to operate. With that being said, I would definitely consider getting another book in this series.
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Em
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book!
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023
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I love The Magic Flute opera and was happy to find this children’s book that includes musical excerpts! The illustrations are beautiful. Be aware that the story takes some creative liberties in changing the plot, which I don’t really think was necessary, a simplified version of the original story would have been great. Also would have preferred for the music excerpts to be a bit longer! They are very short, like less than 10 seconds each. The buttons are too hard for my 2 year old to press on his own but my older kids manage just fine.
I love the last page that explains the context of each of the music pieces. Overall, a very well executed concept and I plan to get more Story Orchestra books!
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Brooke L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, engaging books! My two-year-old loves them.
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
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I bought all of these books, and I am leaving this same review on all of them. My two-year-old loves them! The music is very clear as long as you hold the book upright, and, to be honest, I am surprised by how clear it is even when it's laying down. The illustrations are beautiful, and there are so many things to look at on each page! For instance, in the Four Seasons book, there are easter eggs in spring, and on one page in another book, there is a tiny spider. I could talk to my toddler about one page for five minutes easily because there is so much to look at. In some of the books, there are some thoughtful illustrations to demonstrate the instruments being played. In the Carnival of Animals book, there is a bunny playing a flute, for instance, when there is music that is mostly played by flutes. Also my toddler is able to press the buttons. It is a little hard, but he manages it okay. Well worth the price tag!
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LazyBeachPeeps
5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to music in a fun way
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024
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We love these books! It’s a great way to introduce children to ballet and classical music! The story, while simplified, covers the main story points giving a good overview and each music sample is a good quality music.
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Kate
5.0 out of 5 stars Great birthday gift
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2024
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This is a favourite book in our house and love that the kids will take this book into a corner to listen to our music. We have bought several copies for ourselves and as birthday gifts. The batteries also last a very long time.
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Amanda
5.0 out of 5 stars Great musical selections
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2023
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We own many Story Orchestra books and this story plus musical excerpts are in our top 3 favorites. The story is pretty well written (which is not always the case with this series), though it deviates a bit from the original source material.

The musical examples are wonderful and of excellent sound quality. The buttons are a little challenging to press but not unmanageable for my 5 year old.

The illustrations are very striking and suit the music well. Even after neglecting this book for a month, my daughter could remember which parts of the story each sound clip was from.

My kid liked this book so much that we spent 15 minutes afterwords watching arias from Die Zauberflute on YouTube. How many 5 year olds will be thrilled to watch a Queen of the Night aria in a language they don’t speak?! Thanks, Story Orchestra for the incredible series and where they lead us.)

PS- Our current top 3 books in the series are 1) The Nutcracker
2) In the Hall of the Mountain King
3) The Magic Flute
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Emory Burgess
4.0 out of 5 stars Still lovely, but not my favorite in the series
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2022
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My daughter loves this series and loves this book, so it’s still a solid 4 stars but I find this to be the least well adapted story of the bunch. I absolutely understand making some changes for a younger audience (for example their changes to Swan Lake), but the changes were so broad here that it impacted the flow of the story in my opinion. I also don’t know why they chose the piece they did for Papageno instead of his extremely famous and well loved leitmotif, very strange decision to me.
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Susan
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for kids.
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
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Helps kids be exposed to classical music. Sturdy book.
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Jo S.
5.0 out of 5 stars My daughters’ fave book of all time
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
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So not only did both my daughters LOVE this book beginning at age 3 it’s their fave book ever. We wore out the batteries and replaced them at Walmart, no biggie. They love the whole opera now. They recognize parts of the music and story line so they love to watch the BBC magic flute opera cartoon and even the full opera performances on YouTube . I appreciate opening my
Young children’s lives to this great art through a picture book ( they even take away the inappropriate parts of the opera - references to killing are gone they don’t even kill the dragon they chase it away, and the sexist themes of traditional fairy tales are corrected here it’s great )
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Elisha Z
3.0 out of 5 stars Bonitas ilustraciones pero la calidad del sonido ha cambiado
Reviewed in Mexico on June 3, 2022
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Historia corta que es una idea de lo que es la obra sin embargo, el sonido del libro en comparación de los otros ha bajado de calidad.
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Dani
5.0 out of 5 stars Great new addition to the collection
Reviewed in Canada on November 22, 2021
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It didn't disappoint at all and it made my son like a little more the opera as he was a little afraid of the Queen of the night song. I really like how these books always treat girls and boys as equals. Can't wait for the next one 😊 Could it be Tchaikovsky's Little Red Riding Hood And The Wolves? Hope so!
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Louise A.
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2023
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These books are absolutely delightful! My son has autism and we read one every night and he loves the classical music as we turn each page. We are collecting them all each week. Would recommend to all
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Laka
5.0 out of 5 stars One of our fave
Reviewed in Australia on January 12, 2023
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We have nearly the whole story orchestra collection, and this one is one of our faves.
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Bergeron, É.
5.0 out of 5 stars Livre favori
Reviewed in Canada on May 8, 2022
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Les images sont magnifiques et les mélodies, angéliques.
C’est le livre préféré de mon garçon de 3 ans ;).
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