I was unable to download and read this book before it expired, so I'm unable to give an honest review of it.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A simple introduction to the symphony and instruments. For those looking for something more in-depth with lots of facts, this is not it. This is clearly for beginners.

A simple introduction to the orchestra for very young children. With simple pictures and the sounds of each instrument. It would probably be useful to accompany reading with listening to the different instruments to get a true reflection of what each sounds like, but still gives an important first step in education about the orchestra.

I must confess that before reading this book I had already had the pleasure to enjoy Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, by Lloyd Moss. In comparison, Kate Sullivan's What Do You Hear? was a bit of a disappointment. It's a great concept, and I love anything that introduces children to different instruments and the sounds that they make. Some of the onomatopoeia is also quite entertaining, but overall it felt unfinished and uninspired. Children might like the pictures, but they weren't to my taste, as they looked like they had been drawn in 5 minutes on Microsoft paint. If you're just looking for a very simple book to teach children about instruments, then you might enjoy it, but unfortunately, I couldn't justify reviewing it on my blog.

This is a very simple book that shows and labels an instrument, then shows an animal playing the instrument with the sound in words. It is a board book, but my 5 year old grandson was quite interested as well. I can see this book being used with a class of students as part of a music lesson or as an introduction to a symphony, whether actually visiting or watching a recorded performance. I read it with my grandchildren and they enjoyed making the sounds and looking at the instruments. The illustrations are quite simple yet colourful and just what this book needed without extraneous detail. When I finished, we went online to try and listen to real instruments and compare the sounds. My 5 year old loved this. We found this great site: https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/learn-... where they play familiar tunes. The sounds actually matched up quite well. The publisher, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. - Schiffer Kids, generously provided me with a copy of this book to read. The opinions/ideas shared are my own.

This book would be better as an audio book. Each page asks “do you hear” a different instrument, and then has an illustrated animal playing that instrument. But the sounds don’t make sense to kids that have never heard of that instrument before. This book includes bassoon, trumpet, flute french horn, etc. It works okay with the ending, but would be better with matching audio.

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

A young person's tour of a symphony orchestra, this book introduces ten quirky animal musicians rehearsing for a concert. The players include an eccentric hippo flautist, a farmer-dog double bassist, a prim poodle French horn player, and a hip giraffe oboist, with a self-assured billy-goat as the conductor. Children will have fun learning about the instruments in an orchestra and the distinctive sounds they make.

What probably appeared as a great idea in the author's head didn't really translate to the page...

A book teaching young kids about musical instruments in the orchestra sounds great. I can get on board with that. Music is important - learning about how music is made is just as important. But this just didn't get it right.

From the photographic representation of the instruments, to then roughly draw an animal playing said instrument and trying to spell out the sound the instrument makes was always going to be a let down. It just felt like a half-hearted effort...


Paul
ARH

This is a great, simple book to help young children learn the sounds and names of musical instruments included in an orchestra. Each instrument starts with a question, followed by an animal playing it and a descriptive word describing the sound. Real photos of instruments are included allowing the child to view the real thing as opposed to a drawing.
This book would be a useful tool for early childhood music classes or children as young as two years.
There is a lot of white space on the pages so that the instruments are the main focus.
I received an ecopy from the publisher through NetGalley. The opinions expressed are my own.

On the one hand this is a great opportunity to talk about some of the different instruments in an orchestra. On the other hand, there's really not a lot to this book, and the illustrations are 'fine' at best.

Anything that gets kids thinking about music is going to get a thumbs up, but I wonder if it's that little bit too simplistic to be very attractive to families.

This is cute. A great vocabulary builder for musical instruments. The illustrations are cute. As the one reading aloud, the sound words tripped me up a bit.

I love the pictures and captions of orchestra instruments. It would be a great way to introduce really young children to instruments they may have never seen before. I didn't really like the animal illustrations or the written explanation of what they sounded like, but I can see how very young kids may enjoy reading the silly sounds.

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Such a fun way to learn about orchestra instruments and the sounds they make! Ten funky animal musicians play instruments — a pig in overalls playing “trip-a-lip” on a flute .... a frog in a red polka dress blowing “hi-fiddly-widdly” on a clarinet. And the quirky lesson continues to great amusement. Highly recommended!

Thanks to the author, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.

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A very cute little children's book that will teach them what instruments sound like and I have to admit it's pretty spot on. Beautiful illustrations as well. Really enjoyed this one.

What a beautifully illustrated book for music loving families. It also has a simple story for younger children and helps them get to grips with onomatopoeia.

What Do You Hear is a small, happy book that teaches children to connect musical instruments to specific sounds. This has a very interesting and appealing concept, and is also useful at familiarizing children with musical instruments. I felt, however, that the illustrations needed a little more work, and a small introduction would be useful to the book, as the questions about the instruments start too abruptly. All in all, a useful and nice children's book.