Music Talks With Children is an insightful and practical guide for parents, teachers, and anyone interested in introducing music to children. Thomas Tapper provides a comprehensive overview of the importance of music in a child's development and offers creative and engaging activities to help children develop a love for music.

The book is divided into easy-to-follow chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of music education. Tapper emphasizes the importance of making music fun and accessible to children, and he provides numerous ideas for incorporating music into everyday activities.

One of the book's strengths is its emphasis on the importance of listening to and appreciating different types of music. Tapper encourages adults to expose children to a wide variety of musical genres and styles, helping them develop a well-rounded musical education.

Overall, Music Talks With Children is a valuable resource for anyone looking to introduce children to the wonders of music. Tapper's passion for music shines through in every page, making this book an enjoyable and informative read for parents, teachers, and music lovers alike.

Book Description:
"A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose is to suggest a few of the many aspects which music may have even to the mind of a child. If these chapters, or whatever may be logically suggested by them, be actually used as the basis of simple Talks with children, music may become to them more than drill and study. They should know it as an art, full of beauty and of dignity; full of pure thought and abounding in joy. Music with these characteristics is the true music of the heart. Unless music gives true pleasure to the young it may be doubted if it is wisely studied.

Our failure to present music to the young in a manner that interests and holds them is due not so much to the fact that music is too difficult for children, but because the children themselves are too difficult for us. In our ignorance we often withhold the rightful inheritance. We must not forget that the slower adult mind often meets a class of difficulties which are not recognized by the unprejudiced child. It is not infrequent that with the old fears in us we persist in recreating difficulties." (From the Preface)