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Recorder Books for Kids – Easy, Fun & Classroom-Ready

Give your students (or your child) a great start on the recorder. Music Fun Books offers a complete collection of beginner-friendly recorder method books written by award-winning music educator Larry Newman and used in schools nationwide. These books are designed for elementary grades, with large print, clear diagrams, simple songs, and free online audio/video examples to support learning at home and in the classroom.

Whether you teach a full classroom of beginners or have a young musician at home, our recorder books make learning easy, engaging, and confidence-building.

Why Teachers Choose Music Fun Books for Recorder

Extra-large notation and clean page layouts
Step-by-step lessons created specifically for young beginners
Hundreds of fun, familiar songs kids love
Free online video and audio for every major exercise
Affordable classroom sets and quick Amazon delivery
Coordinated books for soprano and alto recorder

See All Our Recorder Books for Kids

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is the best recorder book for young beginners?

Most teachers choose The Recorder Fun Book for Young Students or The Best Beginning Recorder Book for Kids because both offer large print, simple step-by-step lessons, and free online video and audio tracks that make learning easy for first-time players.

What recorder book should I use for a classroom?

Music Fun Books are written by award-winning educator Larry Newman and used in hundreds of schools nationwide. Page layouts are clean, simple, and easy to project on classroom screens.

Are there free recorder play-along tracks?

Yes. Free online audio and video tracks match the pages of our most popular recorder books and help students practice at home.

Is there a recorder curriculum for very young students?

Yes. Music Fun Books offers step-by-step lessons specifically written for grades K–5 with fun songs kids already know.

So why are recorders and recorder books used so much for music education in the schools?

Recorders and recorder books are inexpensive.
Recorders are not easily breakable.
Recorders are light and don’t require a specialized embouchure. Recorder books are easy to understand – making them usable as a starter music book for young students.
Recorders come in a few different sizes, so ensemble/choir music can be played without teaching new instruments.
Hundreds of different recorder books exist for recorder instruction.

The Recorder Fun Book Series for Young Students is designed for the young, elementary school recorder student. Used in hundreds of elementary schools throughout the nation, the recorder book introduces recorder students to the wonderful world of music making. (A CD is available for fun, play-a-long accompaniments to all recorder songs in the recorder book.)

The Big Song Book for Recorder is a compilation of more than seventy recorder songs using just six notes. It is two recorder books in one – with the first half featuring letter names inside the note heads and the second half with traditional musical notation.

Really Easy Recorder Tunes for Young Students is a great follow-up or companion book to The Recorder Fun Book – filled with lots of fun and easy to play songs.

The Book of Easy Duets for Recorder is a collection of traditional songs written in two part harmony for the beginning recorder student.

Thirty Famous Patriotic SOngs for Recorder contain many of the most famous patriotic songs ever written.

Fifty Famous Classical Themes for Recorder is a more advanced recorder book that contains some of the world’s most famous melodies.

Christmas Duet Fun Book for Recorder contains more than two dozen easy to play Christmas and Hanukkah recorder duets for a festive holiday season.

The Politically Correct Book of Holiday Songs for Recorder is, well, you can guess . . . a politically correct collection of recorder holiday music of all faiths.

Recorder Book Play-A-Long Tracks – Free MP3s for Beginner Recorder
Listen to and download recorder play-along MP3 tracks for beginners, perfect for practice at home or in the classroom. These songs match exercises in The Recorder Fun Book for Young Students and The Best Beginning Recorder Book for Kids, two of the most popular elementary recorder books used in schools nationwide. Each track includes the recorder melody and full accompaniment, helping students build rhythm, tone, and confidence. Stream the tracks for free below or download the complete set as a ZIP file for $10. Tracks include recorder melody and accompaniment track. You can eliminate the recorder track and just work with the accompaniment track by playing the RIGHT channel only.
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