Overview
Meet Quinn the shrimp, a tiny virtuoso violinist with big, musical dreams.
When Quinn joins the symphony orchestra for the first time, he’s met with a cacophony of clashing sounds. The toot toot of the flute…the plucka ding ding of the pipa…the bah dum of the tuba…what a mess! Will these silly shrimp every learn to play together? With catchy rhymes, playful onomatopoeia, and bright, colorful illustrations, Silly Shrimphony is an exciting celebration of eastern and western instruments, melodies and harmonies, and the magic of teamwork.
Silly Shrimphony is a fun, rhyming music book that introduces children to different instruments in a symphony orchestra, including both classical orchestral instruments as well as Chinese instruments. Each instrument has playful onomatopoeia highlighted, making the book both fun to read and hear aloud.
With playful onomatopoeia and bright, colorful illustrations, Silly Shrimphony is an exciting celebration of eastern and western instruments, melodies and harmonies, and the magic of teamwork.
Free audio readings in English and Mandarin Chinese or English and Cantonese by scanning the QR code on the back cover of the book.
When Quinn joins the symphony orchestra for the first time, he’s met with a cacophony of clashing sounds. The toot toot of the flute…the plucka ding ding of the pipa…the bah dum of the tuba…what a mess! Will these silly shrimp every learn to play together? With catchy rhymes, playful onomatopoeia, and bright, colorful illustrations, Silly Shrimphony is an exciting celebration of eastern and western instruments, melodies and harmonies, and the magic of teamwork.
Silly Shrimphony is a fun, rhyming music book that introduces children to different instruments in a symphony orchestra, including both classical orchestral instruments as well as Chinese instruments. Each instrument has playful onomatopoeia highlighted, making the book both fun to read and hear aloud.
With playful onomatopoeia and bright, colorful illustrations, Silly Shrimphony is an exciting celebration of eastern and western instruments, melodies and harmonies, and the magic of teamwork.
Free audio readings in English and Mandarin Chinese or English and Cantonese by scanning the QR code on the back cover of the book.
- SUPPORTS EARLY LEARNING & EDUCATION. Bitty Bao bilingual books are fun with engaging illustrations to make language learning fun for everyone.
- CULTURAL LEARNING MADE FUN. Music is universal, and Silly Shrimphony seamlessly brings eastern and western cultures together through instruments in an orchestra.
- FOUR VERSIONS OF EVERY BOOK AVAILABLE: Mandarin with Traditional Chinese characters, Mandarin with Simplified Characters, Cantonese, and English Only.
- EARLY LITERACY TOOL WITH ZHUYIN, PINYIN, or JYUTPING PHONICS SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT READING CHINESE. Bitty Bao books have all the necessary language elements to support each family member wherever they may be in their language journey. Mandarin with Traditional Chinese books include Zhuyin and pinyin, Mandarin with Simplified Chinese books include pinyin, and Cantonese books include jyutping.
- FREE BILINGUAL AUDIO READING IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE AVAILABLE FOR EVERY BOOK. Soothing reading voices from real moms.
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