Elmo's Piano: Play-a-song (1 2 3 Sesame Street) Hardcover – December 27, 2007

My kids have this but it's the Dora version and they loved it so much that we purchased this Elmo one for my 18 mth old Goddaughter. I did have to request a replacement because the first one was damaged but Amazon got the new one shipped right away and I didn't have to pay return shipping. The replacement is perfect! My kids have attempted to play with it even while it's still shrink wrapped closed! I even caught my husband playing the piano part of it!I like that you can change the batteries on it. It takes the standard sized small cell batteries that you can purchase from Amazon for less than $2 for a 10 pack. The book is nice because it has songs that the kids can play on the piano or they can press the different buttons to have it play the song on it's own. I definitely recommend this book!

My 17 month old grandson loves music and Elmo so I bought this for him. He loves it. Multiple ways to play with it. Keys will light up and if child touches them in order it plays a song. Can push the instrument picture and music automatically plays with that instrument. My only complaint was with the batteries. It was a hot day when the USPS delivered the book and it wasn't working. After waiting several hours to allow the book to maintain room temperature it still didn't play so I opted to purchase new batteries...worked fine after that.

Of all the little activities I got for my children to entertain them on a recent long car ride, this was the biggest hit. The buttons with the musical instruments on them play the full song, and then the keys below light up one at a time to indicate which key to hit to play the song on your own. Color-coded sheet music accompanies this above in case the kid is inclined to learn to read music (i.e., the notes on the sheet music are the same color as the bar above the correct piano key). My 4 year old, loved to learn to play as intended. My 2 year old just liked to hear the music played for him. Both kids love Elmo. The only things I didn't like were that 1) They made up strange Sesame Street-centric lyrics to recognizable songs. I'd rather have had the traditional lyrics displayed, and 2) A few of the songs had a note or two that was unexpected (for instance the music went up when it should have gone down). I think this was maybe due to the limited key board, but it was kind of jarring.

We bought this for our 20 month old son - he loves Elmo and music books! This lasted about a week then all the keys stopped working and what little sound came out was very fuzzy. We tried putting in a new battery, but that didn't work. We could not find our shipping receipt and when I called Amazon, was told we had to have that in order to return or exchange the book.

This is a great book if you have a child who loves music. I have actually bought 2 of these for my 2 year old nephew- one for home and one for grandmas! It is a song book rather than a story book. The great thing about this book is it can grow with the child. At a young age they can push the buttons to play the nursery rhymes (the keys also light as the tune plays), and as they age they can press the color coded keys to play along with the tunes in the book.

excellent toy! what an awesome idea: songs with light-up piano keys.suspect it will be around with us for some time.songs are great. wish they were little longer though.gimmicky grand piano popup flap did not last long. if not for being just a piece of paper, may have lasted longer than couple days in my son's hands.

I bought this for my grandson's second birthday. I didn't realize that when you push one of the buttons above the keys, it plays a short melody, and then it lights up the corresponding keys, one at a time, so you can "play" the same melody back again. A little tough for a barely-two-year-old to grasp. Plus, the lowest key was broken when it arrived, so when that key is required to play the melody, you can't push it to complete the sequence, and it won't let you move on without doing it. Rather frustrating. Still, it was a cute book, and his 4 and 6 year old siblings liked it.

This gift was just what I was looking for! Children love this Elmo Piano song book. They can either use the keyboard independently or press a button above the keys for a song to begin. Toddlers really enjoy being about to make music with the touch of a button or key and dance to the music. While the song is playing the keys light up for the older child to follow along and play the notes. I was replacing a similar product that cost three times as much! This was a good value.

El libro llegó en mal estado, roto, maltratado y no se escucha la música ni las notas, se entrecortan o no se escuchan. Muy mal producto.