This amusing book is NOT for children! The lessons it teaches are: 1)Mastery of a musical instrument takes one year; 2)Musical instruments are disposable --to be thrown away when one loses interest in them; 3)When one is frustrated with an object, simply destroy it; 4)Parents' pride and affection results from their kids' super accomplishments; 5)Acclaim comes quickly and without effort or discipline; 6)Doing any one thing isn't as good as doing everything all at once; 7)Music is about recognition for performance abilities; and 8)Life is about satisfying the whims of fickle kids. As a music lover and devoted mom, I would never give this book to child.