Composer and pianist Catherine Rollin has created musical expressions of some of the great works of art found in museums throughout the world. The paintings that inspired the pieces are beautifully displayed on a four-page color insert at the center of each book, along with historical notes about each painting. Titles in Book 1 are: American Gothic (Grant Wood)  Black Square and Red Square (Kazimir Malevich)  Carmencita (William Merritt Chase)  A Dash for the Timber (Frederic Remington)  L'etoile (The Star) (Edgar Degas)  Le fifre (The Fife Player) (Edouard Manet)  Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci)  The Nut Gatherers (William-Adolphe Bouguereau)  Reeds and Cranes (Suzuki Kiitsu)  Senecio (Paul Klee).