9934A Billy Briggs, Big on Skates (Introducing Classical Music through Stories) – KS1 & 2

Introducing Classical Music through Stories – Billy Briggs, Big on Skates.

Each book & CD can be used as part of a scheme of work in music, literacy or art by using well-known pieces of classical music to stimulate children in these three areas of the curriculum.

This captivating, original & inspiring story by Ann Bryant is set to Smetana’s ‘The Moldau’, which is the story in music of the river in Bohemia.
It tells the tale of young Billy Briggs having fun on the ice and how one day that fun develops into a personal mission to set the waters free of the confines of a dam.

The book is accompanied by a CD so all the music is to hand, and the book is illustrated throughout. Young readers are invited to follow the story and allow the music to inspire their imaginations as the tale progresses.

The combination of story, music and pictures make this a three-dimensional experience, and a vital alternative to the daily barrage of the popular media.