Discover music in all its variety from the wind singing in the trees to to a complete classical orchestra! Get to know the different families of musical instruments - string, brass, woodwind, percussion and keyboard. Discover how they each produce sound. Watch an orchestra and conductor at work. Lift up the lid a grand piano and look inside. Learn about traditional instruments from around the world and make your own instrument at home!
Donald Grant was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1954. After studying Fine Arts at the Pratt Institute, in the U.S. which he financed by working as a taxi driver, he then worked as a barman and musician. His learnt most from his travels, spending 6 years travelling the globe, perhaps to learn and think about the world before choosing drawing as his medium for expression. This passion for travelling led him to France, where he settled and has now lived for the last 20 years. He has illustrated numerous children's books in genres ranging from non-fiction, detective stories, and other types of fiction. He is also a children's story writer. He is the illustrator of the following titles in the My First Discoveries series: Atlas, of Space, Deserts, Dinosaurs at Large, Homes, In the Sky, Music, Planes, My First Encyclopedia of Why?, My First Encyclopedia of How?, My First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Prehistoric People.