Books by Alice Cotton

A newly written quarter note, Celesta, asks, “Why do I look this way? I am a round black circle with a pole sticking out of my head!” To find her answer, she travels to the Blue Moon with Detective Reed. They walk through magic doors into Stone Age caves. They watch ancient Greek music-making and wander into a medieval Italian city where they meet Celesta’s oldest ancestors. Then, as they head for home, they catch a special performance by the Blue Moon Singers and meet a friend, Detective A. Capella, who tells them about a missing ghost note. Come join the fun and read another exciting musical tale by author Alice Cotton.

Harold is writing the music for an upcoming show, but when he takes a break, some of the music flies away! Detective Reed is called in to help bring the music back before Harold returns.  But where did the notes go?The detective, with his key and best friend Glissando, follows clues all over Sound City before finally catching up with Harold’s notes and discovering the secret of Willow Wail.Author, musician, teacher, Alice Cotton does it again with this new fanciful musical adventure. Young readers are drawn into the excitement of the story of Willow Wail as they learn. 

Alice Cotton ~ is an artist, musician, author, and a teacher who continually invites her student’s imaginations into all her classes. She has taught the subjects of mathematics, music, art and architecture, places where imagination can and must flourish.Mary Kogen ~ holds seminars around the US on learning, curiosity, and play. Using movement, rhythm and sound, she often takes her students on “TaKeTiNa” journeys,which isa rhythmic process that super-charges student abilities to learn, think, and createTogether these teachers invite everyone’s imagination into their classrooms. What emerges is amazing, surprising and fun. Together they created this book to help inspire your imaginative power. 

Join Detective Reed on his first Musical Mystery Adventure!  Enjoy this imaginative tale as the musical detective chases a note that has flown from its music!  In this story, everything is music-based and readers learn about many aspects of music as they zoom along with Detective Reed.  Come fly through a magic portal and into clouds of lost quarter notes. Adventure inside a snoring bugle horn and into a forest of rests. Soar deep within an underground music academy where Detective Reed escapes from the shooting C-sharps and witnesses a rare gathering of violins!  Join the Detective when the flying note reveals the real reason it left its music! These stories all take place in Sound City - the creation of author, illustrator and teacher, Alice Cotton.  Many other adventures unfold in Sound City, such as the exciting tale of Allegro, the eighth note, in Alice’s book titled ‘Musical Tales’. Other Detective Reed books:- The Secret at Willow Wail (the land of musical shapes)- Adventures on a Blue MoonAnd many others soon to come!

Three Books in One!In MUSICAL TALES you get three Music Fantasy Adventures from the imagination of Alice Cotton! Alice’s illustrative art leads the way as you experience these whimsical stories centered in ‘Sound City’ - the place where her characters live and thrive.  Readers learn music concepts as they enjoy these brilliant tales.Largo and the Lost Key - Adventure with Largo the half-note through Bongo Drum Park and ‘the Home for lost keys’ as he searches for his lost key Aria.Allegro and the Spring Concert - Allegro, a music note, is desperately trying to reach his place at the end of Muzio Clemente’s Sonatina which a young girl is playing in her recital!  Does he get there in time?Hilo’s Birthday - Sound City Springs to life as Hilo the treble clef’s birthday is celebrated!Alice Cotton is a teacher, artist, author and musician.  Most of her works revolve around sharing her love and passion for music with young people.