In this book children see and listen to the most well known musical instruments. This is how the game begins. We hope that this game will end with the child’s attention shifting from the instruments to the musical work itself. The Orchestra is part of the Ichoeikones series. Images and sound offer children the charm of the imaginary, the poetry of fairy tales, helping them gain information and knowledge through the game of surprise and magic.
The illustrated book is accompanied by a CD. The narration that can be heard on the CD is divided into as many parts as the pictures in the book. Every time the narration stops and only the music plays, the child has to look at the next picture.
Thanasis Exarchopoulos studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts. At the same institution, he was elected Professor of Printmaking in 1982 and directed the School’s Printmaking Workshop.
He has participated in group exhibitions in Greece and abroad and has organized solo exhibitions of painting and printmaking in Athens.
He is a co-creator, together with Mariora Exarchopoulou, of two series of children’s books for preschool and school-age children.
The first series, titled “Sound Images”, includes At the Zoo, The Journey of Water, The Owl, The Fair, Balonis, The Goldfish, The Mouse and Her Daughter, and The Orchestra. It is distinguished by its originality and is considered a landmark in Greek children’s literature.
The second series, known as “Iconography”, consists of The Measurement of Time and Lines, Shapes, Colours. These books are intended for older children.