Books with author Jonathan Petersen

Includes a FREE music CD download (a $14.99 value).Discover the instruments of the orchestra, star constellations, and Greek myths in this unique book by award-winning composer Jonathan Peters. Included is a downloadable music CD which received a starred review from School Library Journal, and a downloadable teacher’s guide for optional classroom use.Children will enjoy hearing each instrument of the orchestra musically portray the Greek myths from many different star constellations, culminating in the finale “the night sky” performed by the entire orchestra. Read along or listen to the Greek myths as they are narrated on the downloadable CD. Following each myth are pages containing information on the instruments used to tell the story, and interesting facts about the constellations. Delight in over 70 full color images including: photographs of each instrument, illustrations of mythological characters, diagrams of star constellation with star names, and gorgeous pictures of outer space. Truly a beautiful book, appropriate for all ages!

(Includes free life-time access to on-line quizzes, exercises and audio examples) Have you ever wondered how the musical scale came about? Or why certain pitches sound better together than others? "Music Theory", by award-winning composer, Jonathan Peters, is a comprehensive course in the study of music. Much more than just memorization of musical terms and definitions...this course explains the "why". WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS COURSE? A computer with internet connection, screen, and speakers. No previous musical knowledge is needed. WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE? Any person wanting to learn about music. Beginners to advanced music students.

Includes a FREE music CD download (a $14.99 value). Discover the instruments of the orchestra, star constellations, and Greek myths in this unique book by award-winning composer Jonathan Peters. Included is a downloadable music CD which received a starred review from School Library Journal, and a downloadable teacher’s guide for optional classroom use. Children will enjoy hearing each instrument of the orchestra musically portray the Greek myths from many different star constellations, culminating in the finale “the night sky” performed by the entire orchestra. Read along or listen to the Greek myths as they are narrated on the downloadable CD. Following each myth are pages containing information on the instruments used to tell the story, and interesting facts about the constellations. Delight in over 70 full color images including: photographs of each instrument, illustrations of mythological characters, diagrams of star constellation with star names, and gorgeous pictures of outer space. Truly a beautiful book, appropriate for all ages!

Includes a FREE music CD download (a $14.99 value).Learning about the fine arts can sometimes be intimidating. Painting with Music is an easy to understand and entertaining approach that will engage both your eyes and your ears!The book features twelve paintings from twelve different schools of art. (Renaissance through Abstract Expressionism) Accompanying each painting is a musical composition by award-winning composer Jonathan Peters. Where possible, the techniques used in the paintings are mimicked with equivalent musical techniques. The music is meant to enhance the viewing experience and captures the mood, emotion, or story behind the paintings. Each section includes information about the movement in art history, the particular painting, the artist, and the accompanying music.Children and adults alike will find this a very enjoyable and easy way to be introduced to the visual arts!

Includes a FREE music CD download (a $14.99 value). Learning about the fine arts can sometimes be intimidating. Painting with Music is an easy to understand and entertaining approach that will engage both your eyes and your ears! The book features twelve paintings from twelve different schools of art. (Renaissance through Abstract Expressionism) Accompanying each painting is a musical composition by award-winning composer Jonathan Peters. Where possible, the techniques used in the paintings are mimicked with equivalent musical techniques. The music is meant to enhance the viewing experience and captures the mood, emotion, or story behind the paintings. Each section includes information about the movement in art history, the particular painting, the artist, and the accompanying music. Children and adults alike will find this a very enjoyable and easy way to be introduced to the visual arts!

Includes seven FREE music tracks.Journey along as the books’ character spends a day in nature discovering the wonderful world of bugs!Children of all ages will delight in over 100 beautiful photographs and over 100 interesting and fun facts about arthropods.This book is unique in that each part of the story is also told in musical form with the accompanying music from award-winning composer, author, and educator, Jonathan Peters.

Includes seven FREE music tracks. Journey along as the books’ character spends a day in nature discovering the wonderful world of bugs! Children of all ages will delight in over 100 beautiful photographs and over 100 interesting and fun facts about arthropods. This book is unique in that each part of the story is also told in musical form with the accompanying music from award-winning composer, author, and educator, Jonathan Peters.

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan SwiftHow is this book unique?Tablet and e-reader formattedOriginal & Unabridged EditionAuthor Biography includedIllustrated versionTravels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, commonly known as Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a prose satire by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. The book became popular as soon as it was published. John Gay wrote in a 1726 letter to Swift that "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery." Since then, it has never been out of print.