Basher Basics: Music

By Simon Basher and Dan Green

Basher Basics: Music created and illustrated by Simon Basher, written by Dan Green:

Basher brings his signature pop-life style to a whole new topic in this one-stop guide to the building blocks of music. Meet Rhythm and Pitch, who know how to hold a tune; Time Signature, who loves to keep control; clever Chord, who works patterns to great effect; Brass, the powerful loudmouth of the instrument types; and Classical, Pop and Electronic from a crew of sweet characters. The personality-based explanations will make it easy to remember the essential concepts behind musical expression. You'll never look at the orchestra or listen to a piece of music in the same way again!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
• Release date: Jan 31, 2017
• ISBN: 9780753440322

Simon Basher

Simon Basher is an internationally recognized illustrator, author and artist. His range of work includes large scale paintings, animation, printmaking and digital media. He is best known for creating and illustrating a novel series of books that make science and other topics fun and accessible for younger students. His illustration style is described as graphic surrealism; a synergy of European graphic design and Japanese character creation. Simon Basher lives and works in London, England.

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Reviews for Basher Basics

[carolinew_2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The lyrical text and the cartoon like illustrations suggest that this is a book for a very young audience. But I did not feel that it would hold the attention of a very young audience for very long, at least not as something to be read in its entirety to a young class. It could be that young children are excited by this style, but I was turned off by the cutesy robotic images used to personify traits of music, and the upbeat use of language seemed a bit contrived. Perhaps young children would like to have this book read to them in small doses, but it is not something that I would use in my teaching.