The Moon is My Sister

Piano Book for Beginners: Beloved Children’s Poetry Set to Music.

What other teachers are saying about The Moon is My Sister

I love your books, the music, the poems and the illustrations! All are so well done and creative!

-Judith A. Meisels, Piano Teacher

“…What I most like about your books, besides the way that you slowly and deliberately introduce notes, is that in so many cases you are introducing good poetry, good literature at the same time..even at the most elementary level there are poems that have a kind of splendid simplicity and grace. I, as a lover of nature really like the way that you connect nature and visual imagery and emotions with poetry and music…very worthy endeavor!”

–Mary Miner, Coordinator of Arts Program, Saint David’s School, New York City

“The songs are a sheer delight!”

-Shogère Markarian, Piano Teacher, Diller Quaile School of Music

“I thought the music and choice of poems were wonderful..The child is learning poetry while learning music, which is a fabulous ideal..great endeavor!”

-Avlene Barrett, Reading/Language Specialist, Saint David’s School

*..innovative and super clever…most importantly, the music is flattering to the children’s intelligence, and that is so important”

-Pam Goldberg, Piano Teacher, Diller-Quaile School of Music

“I really like the pieces and the selection of poems is charming…They progress nicely and are much more musical than most of the beginning pieces that are out there.”

-Babette Negbaur, Piano Teacher, Diller-Quaile School of Music

“When two of my students rejected every piece l played- I pulled out D. Portier’s music – and they loved it.”

-Carla Levy, Piano Teacher, The Lucy Moses School of Music and Spence School/New York City (ve: Proodles by Deborah Fortier)