For children who begin taking piano lessons in the spring or summer, Tio the Little Keyboard Man is the perfect book for sun and outdoor fun. But what happens when the first piano lessons take place as the days get shorter? Suppose little Tio wants to celebrate Christmas? We are sure we'd love to, particularly since he knows many Christmas carols from various countries.

Kerstin Strecke has put some of them to music in Tio feiert Weihnachten. Some of the pieces are in two versions, and the bo...