cover image The Young Person's Guide to the Opera [With CD (Audio)]

The Young Person's Guide to the Opera [With CD (Audio)]

Anita Ganeri, Nicola Barber. Harcourt Children's Books, $25 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216498-0

Families who like their Christmas music with a beat will enjoy A Sugar Beats Christmas: Cool Christmas Songs for Kids by the Sugar Beats. Among the rockin' tracks performed by Andrew Gold (Thank You for Being a Friend), Johnny Kemp (Just Got Paid), Jesse McCartney (boy band Dream Street), head Sugar Beat Sherri Goffin Kondor and a cast of child vocalists are ""Little Saint Nick,"" ""Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"" and ""Chipmunks Christmas."" (Sept.)