Play It! Children's Songs (Level 1): A Superfast Way to Learn Awesome Songs on Your Piano or Keyboard

A fun and easy way to learn to play the piano or keyboard, with helpful instruction on classic and favorite songs.

Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced piano teacher, the Play It! books teach how to play the piano or keyboard in a simple, effective way. Using color-coded notes and character icons, the books include piano sheets of popular and favorite songs as well as a primer on how to read sheet music and some basic techniques. For beginners ages 5 and up, Play It! is the perfect companion on your musical journey.

Features these classic songs and includes color labels inside the book:

1. Mary Had a Little Lamb
2. Oh When the Saints Go Marching In
3. The Itsy Bitsy Spider
4. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
5. Clock Chimes
6. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
7. Yankee Doodle Dandy
8. Skip to My Lou
9. This Land is Your Land
10. London Bridge is Falling Down
11. Are You Sleeping?
12. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
13. It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
14. For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
15. Oh! Susanna
16. If You’re Happy and You Know It
17. Three Blind Mice
18. Baa Baa Black Sheep
19. Hickory Dickory Dock
20. The Wheels on the Bus
21. I’m a Little Teapot
22. B-I-N-G-O
23. The Muffin Man
24. Pop Goes the Weasel
25. Happy Birthday To You
26. Five Little Ducks
27. Home on the Range
28. When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Jennifer Kemmeter is a designer and publisher, as well as the author and creator of the best-selling Build It! series, easy and fun LEGO® books with creative building projects for young kids. Her new Play It! series focuses on teaching beginners how to read sheet music and play the piano or keyboard. Through books, she seeks to develop image-based tools to aid children in developing logical and creative approaches to independent problem solving. Jennifer lives in London, England, with twin sons who fill her home with their own piano education.

Antimo Marrone earned a Masters degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples and has taught piano in Italy and the United Kingdom since 2000. He has instructed students of all levels, from beginner to advanced, in technique, music theory, improvisation, composition, and history. Antimo is passionate about developing innovative techniques to help students learn more effectively and become more motivated, and seeks to apply this passion to his love of music and piano.