A master violinist trained in Vienna, Rebekah Carrington manages to wheedle her way into an audition with the newly formed Nashville Philharmonic. But women are "far too fragile and frail" for the rigors of an orchestra, and Rebekah's hopes are dashed because the conductor bows to public opinion. Nationally acclaimed conductor Nathaniel Tate Whitcomb is Nashville's new orchestra leader, and despite a strange buzzing and recurring pain in his head,...

"Things are finally looking up for Amelia Jones: she's officially a Mystwick student, and she even has a teacher to help her learn how to use her rare Composing magic...The only problem is that she still doesn't understand how her powers work. But then she hears about a super exclusive Midnight Orchestra--half performance, half magical black market...But the Midnight Orchestra is far more sinister than it initially appears and if Amelia can't unlock...

Aardvarks play accordions Butterflies strum banjos Chimpanzees crash cymbals Preschoolers can learn their ABCs with the fresh, alliterative text and the charming illustrations of animal friends playing music with instruments from around the world.

With some help from a frog, Tubby the Tuba shows the orchestra that tubas can play melodies as well as other instruments, and contains a CD of the author's performance with full orchestration.

Violet has been chosen to play in the orchestra for a production of Romeo and Juliet in London! The mouselets begin to notice strange things happening during rehearsals. Someone is trying to sabotage the production. Can the Sisters uncover the phantom before the show is ruined?

"An ambitious Smurf hopes to be put in charge of the Smurfs when Papa Smurf is away, and after a hard-fought campaign, he wins the election and is put in power! But sometimes it's not so good to be the king-- expecially when there's a rebellion!" -- p. [4] of cover.