The Mozart Effect

Studies have shown that the music of Mozart has a powerful effect on the intellectual and creative development of children. Studies show that playing music early in life helps build the neural pathways that allow language, memory, and spatial development to take place. We know that stimulating linguistic rhymes, dances, movement, and play in the early years are essential to the foundation of bringing the emotions, mind, and body together. Music can be effective in study and assist in concentration.

Mozart from Meet The Musicians

Mozart’s music was the embodiment of the Classical style of late eighteenth century Europe. Teaching himself piano and violin by age four and composing by age five, he went on to dazzle the music world, becoming history’s prototypical child prodigy.

Sebastian Bach, Boy From Thuringia by Opal Wheeler

Sebastian Bach, The Boy of Thuringia is the first complete work on the life of Bach ever written for children. Every important incident is mentioned and every detail of the story is true.

Ludwig Beethoven & The Chiming Tower Bells by Opal Wheeler

This is his story, an inspiring story of Beethoven's achievements against all odds of his growing deafness. Long live Beethoven! shouted the audience. But the master could not hear them, and as a singer turned him gently to face the audience, the noble head bowed low as he saw from the flutter of handkerchiefs, the applause that rained upon him.

Young Brahms by Opal Wheeler

Johannes Brahms, the frail little son of poor parents, spent the first years of his life in a wretched tenement in the old harbor city of Hamburg. However, little Johannes` love for fine music and for composing finally led to lessons and then to a speedy success.

Chopin Son Of Poland -- 2 Books by Opal Wheeler

Frederic Chopin, celebrated pianist and probably the greatest composer for the piano the world has ever known, was born in a little cottage in Poland. These 2 books cover his early years and his later years.

Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray, by Opal Wheeler

There is much more in this book than the engaging story of the young Stephen Foster, and his never-to-be-forgotten music. In this appealing, sensitive biography of the composer whose folk songs are our common heritage, is told one of the real stories of our own America.

Handel At The Court Of Kings by Opal Wheeler

With clarity and with admirable simplicity, keyed to the understanding of children, Opal Wheeler has traced the many-sided career of George Frederic Handel, whose restless nature vied always with his tremendous ability as a composer and director.

Joseph Haydn, Merry Little Peasant by Opal Wheeler

This is a simple, inspiring children`s biography of the great musician Haydn.

Edward MacDowell and His Cabin in the Pines by Opal Wheeler

A sensitive, appealing and lively biography of America's beloved composer which boys and girls (all others, too) will take to their hearts and treasure.

Paganini, Master of Strings by Opal Wheeler

Written with warmth and understanding, the present book on Paganini begins with his unhappy childhood along the wharves in Genoa and carries him straight through the tempestuous years when great genius and poverty waged an endless battle, which genius finally won.

Franz Schubert And His Merry Friends by Opal Wheeler

This book is about the brilliant young Schubert, his merry friends, and their pranks and escapades, in most of which Franz is the hero.

Robert Schumann And Mascot Ziff by Opal Wheeler

From the time he was a little boy, playing with his beloved cat, Ziff, in his home village in Saxony, until he became the famous composer, friend of Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Liszt, Robert Schumann lived happily and pleasantly.

The Story of Peter Tchaikovsky, by Opal Wheeler

Here is a fascinating picture of Tchaikovsky the brilliant composer and delightful companion. It is perfect for young readers.

Peter Tchaikovsky and the Nutcracker Ballet by Opal Wheeler

Always enchanted with the world of childhood and far more at ease in it than in the more demanding world of adults, Peter began to write ballets for his sister Alexandra's children.

Adventures of Richard Wagner, by Opal Wheeler

As Opal Wheeler's light-hearted and lively biography reveals, Richard Wagner is an amazing example in music history-one of the few composers of stature who learned his art from the untutored study of the masterpieces of his day.

Mozart’s Magic Fantasy

This story tells of a journey into "The Magic Flute" opera with all the plot and action of a great old-time radio drama. A young girl finds herself in the fairy-tale world of Mozart’s "Magic Flute."

Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage

The Dream Children are about to be written out of Mozart’s most famous opera. In the hopes of changing their fate, they enlist the help of the composers young son Karl. Together the children embark on an incredible journey that takes them back in time to Mozart’s childhood and far ahead into the future. Along the way, Karl learns much about his father and comes to understand the great composers legacy of timeless music.