Product Description: This Curriculum Guide is designed to help teachers get the most out of the book Summer of Firsts, the third in the Adventures with Music series…a series where the heroes are young musicians!  Intended for readers in Grades 4 through 8, the Adventures with Music series fosters a love of reading while exposing students to American history and the foundations of music...read more

Product Description: Dale and his friends continue their musical adventures in book three of the Adventures with Music series as American involvement in World War II winds down. The band has its first concert, Chrissy plays a solo, the group learns to play jazz, and Dale confronts a bully...read more

Product Description: This Curriculum Guide is designed to help teachers get the most out of the book Dog Tags: A Young Musician's Ultimate Sacrifice During WWII, the second in the Adventures with Music series…a series where the heroes are young musicians!  Intended for readers in Grades 4 through 8, the Adventures with Music series fosters a love of reading while exposing students to American history and the foundations of music...read more

Product Description: This Curriculum Guide is designed to help teachers get the most out of the book Starting Early: A Boy and His Bugle in America During WWII, the first in the Adventures with Music series…a series where the heroes are young musicians!  Intended for readers in Grades 4 through 8, the Adventures with Music series fosters a love of reading while exposing students to American history and the foundations of music...read more

Product Description: Summer is over, World War II is at its peak, and Dale has volunteered his dog Scout for service. Knowing that a dog like Scout once saved his own father’s life, Dale believes he is doing the right thing. But as sixth grade begins and the band program resumes, he can’t help thinking about whether his best friend will ever return home...read more