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Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance.

The jazzy alphabet boogies and sings, making hot, cool, pizzazzy street-jammin' jazz.

Katie Woo wants to learn an instrument, but she is having trouble deciding what kind of music suits her best.

"In Drum's hometown of musical instruments, even the birds sprout miniature trumpets from their beaks. He loves his violin brother, his cello father, and his piano mother, yet secretly he feels like an outcast because he alone, among all his family and neighbors, can't play a melody. But Drum is about to discover what he was meant to do"--Front dust jacket.

"Aardvarks play accordions Butterflies strum banjos Chimpanzees crash cymbals Preschoolers can learn their ABCs with the fresh, alliterative text and the charming illustrations of animal friends playing music with instruments from around the world." --

Every young child loves to listen to music, bang on drums, and pound the keys of a piano. Now here's a Hello, World! board book that can teach babies and toddlers all about musical instruments and the sounds they make--with colors, shapes, sizes, and super-simple facts. -- Publisher website.