Mozart’s priceless violin has gone missing! Join sisters Mirabell and Klara, the Bergblick detectives, as they follow clues, set traps and solve mysteries from Salzburg to Vienna. In four original audio stories, your family will hunt for a thief at the family’s pension, follow a trail of clues around Salzburg, help at a Christmas market in the Vienna Woods and save a night at the opera. Each story is about 30 minutes and made for kids ages 5–11. Every Austria set also includes 9 printables, two recipes and a full country guide.
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Mirabell and her younger sister Klara, also known as the Bergblick Detective Agency, have a big job ahead of them — find out who stole Mozart’s violin from a room at their family’s pension in Salzburg, Austria. They’ve got it narrowed down to a few of the guests, but if they don’t figure it out in time, one of the world’s most important violins may disappear forever. All of Austria is depending on them.
It’s annual mystery day for Mirabell and Klara, with clues leading them on an adventure around Salzburg. Mirabell’s skills as a detective are put to the test as she tries to piece the clues together to figure out their final destination. A salt mine? A dairy farm? What do they mean? If she can collect all the clues, she and Klara will be in for a very sweet surprise.
Mirabell and her family are in Vienna for the Christmas season, and Mirabell is excited to help her Uncle Fritz at his wood carving stand at the Christmas Market in the Wienerwald — the Vienna Woods. She even has some carvings of her own she hopes to sell. But a whole community of animals are already living contently in the ground below the market, and they’re not very happy with their new human neighbors.
Mirabell is back in Vienna for spring holiday, and her uncle has fun plans for the entire family. What Mirabell is most looking forward to is going to the Vienna State Opera to see a performance of Hansel and Gretel. But when the two performers playing the brother and sister are suddenly unable to sing one note or speak one word, the performance can’t go on. Can Mirabell figure it all out before the show is canceled for good?
Austria sits near the center of Europe, a crossroads where cultures, foods and traditions have mixed for hundreds of years. This part of the country guide explores the Alps and the Danube with maps, how Austrian German differs from the German spoken in northern Germany (Servus!), the music city of Vienna, Mozart’s hometown of Salzburg, the old salt mines and Austrian Christmas markets. Kids can also draw an Austrian hedgehog with art teacher Susan Garrison, in a lesson made just for Around the World Stories.
Did you know? The name Salzburg means “salt castle.” Centuries ago, salt from the nearby mines was as valuable as gold.
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Meet Mozart, the boy from Salzburg who grew up to be one of the world’s most famous composers, and listen to five of his best-known melodies. Then learn to waltz to Johann Strauss II’s The Blue Danube, plan a Sound of Music movie night, and pick up beginner carving tips inspired by Mirabell’s wood carvings.
Did you know? The waltz began as a country dance about 300 years ago, long before it moved into fancy ballrooms.
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Two Austrian treats to make together: Kaiserschmarrn, a fluffy shredded pancake dusted with powdered sugar, and Gebrannte Mandeln, the warm cinnamon-sugar almonds sold in paper pouches at Christmas markets. Each one comes as a printable recipe card.
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Print, color and play: a Western Europe map challenge, an Austria map coloring page, Christmas market and Silent Singers coloring pages from the stories, Kaiserschmarrn and Gebrannte Mandeln recipe cards, a learn-the-waltz guide, carving tips and a fill-in-the-blanks story.
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