Book Review: Everything is Music

April 16, 2026 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Everything is Music is a quick read with a lot to look at that will slow the reading down and encourage kids to think about the music in the sounds they hear every day.

The book, written and illustrated by Miran Park (and translated by Paige Aniyah Morris) explores a day in the music of its sounds.

“When morning comes, the sounds stretch awake,” the book opens, following a little girl on a bike in a red dress that changes int a raincoat later in the book. Color is used sparingly other than the red coat and the yellow of the music of everyday objects.

You’ll find treble clefs hidden in bushes, birds flying though the shape of a cello, and lots of other instruments and musical notes decorating the simple line drawings of city scenes.

The story highlights the music found in the laughter of children, the whistle of wind down an alley and the pattering of rain in a storm. Sounds are said to whizz and woosh, while people walking in the rain pitter-patter and birds chirp after the rain ends.

“Everything is music,” the book notes.

At the end of the book you’ll find images of different instruments shown in the story such as a French horn, guitar, trumpet, xylophone and harp.

This fun little story is likely to get kids making their own music as you read, and they’ll be excited to point out the different instruments and notes once you’ve pointed them out once.

This would be a fun book for an elementary school music teacher to have to read to kids and encourage them to listen for and collect the sounds that are happening around them all the time as a reminder that it is all music and we are a part of the sounds that are the music in the world.

About the book: 44 pages, hardcover. Published 2026 by Blue Dot Kids Press. Suggested retail price $19.95.

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Ice Cream Crafts for Kids to Make

We’ve gotten to the point in summer where I live where I spend a lot of time thinking about ice cream. While I’m trying to avoid eating ice cream daily as a way to beat the heat, let’s take a look at some ice cream themed crafts we can make instead.

And don’t miss these learning activities with an ice cream theme if you need more ideas.

One of the links in that post was to this cute puffy paint ice cream cone craft from Crafty Morning, which deserves more attention because it’s super cute and this version of puffy paint is easy to make and sensory fun for kids. They also have this cute handprint ice cream cone craft that’s super sweet for little kids to make.

You can use everyday materials of all sorts to make your ice cream cones. For example, you can use a sponge and pompom or cotton balls like stamps as in this craft from Fantastic Fun and Learning.

Or use a potato to make the top of the cone like this one from Made to be a Momma.

Make your ice cream from a doily, like this one from Crafts on Sea, which is also embellished with pompoms for sprinkles. I Heart Crafty Things has a similar project done with a cupcake liner instead of a doily.

Or try using cotton pads, which can then be decorated with watercolors, as shown in this tutorial from Happy Toddler Playtime. You could do the same thing with cotton balls if you don’t have cotton pads handy.

Cut a paper plate into a cone shape and have kids decorate it with this craft idea from Easy Peasy and Fun. One of hers shows using real sprinkles to decorate the ice cream, which is a great idea if you’ve got some old sprinkles lurking in the pantry. Or you can just draw on sprinkles or use other random things from around the house.

The Pinterested Parent has a printable for a mosaic ice cream cone craft, which is a fun way to use up bits of paper. You could also make it more of a collage with different kinds and colors of paper and different items to add to your ice cream.

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