♪ Libitum Publishing

Bringing music to children
through stories and colours.

From piano methods to illustrated story books — carefully crafted works that make a child’s first encounter with music easier.

ad libitum — an Italian musical term: “freely, at one’s own pace.” That is exactly why Libitum Publishing exists: so that every child can step into music at their own speed, with their own joy.

♪ Featured Books

On our shelves now

An illustrated story book that sets the imagination soaring — and whose music you can listen to through QR codes.

Cover of Ela and Kanat’s Musical Journeys — a girl flying with her piano
New

Ela and Kanat’s Musical Journeys

Assoc. Prof. Elif Gökçe Türkili

When Ela’s new piano arrives, what comes out of the box looks nothing like a piano — first she thinks it is a sea lion, then a dinosaur, then a stingray! But once she hugs it and they get to know each other, she realises it is a very special friend who comes to life, talks, gives her wings and lifts her into the sky: Kanat. On their musical journey together they fly from Moscow to Vienna, meet the great composers and, most of all, return home with love.

Illustrated children’s book Ages 3–9 Music & imagination 42 pages · 20×20 cm ISBN 978-625-91105-0-9
Turkish edition · Amazon.com.tr English · Ella and Wing Deutsch · Ella und Flügel Nederlands · Ella en Vleugel
English edition — also on: UK CA AU DE FR ES IT NL PL SE JP
German edition — also on: US UK CA AU FR ES IT NL PL SE JP
Dutch edition — also on: US UK CA AU DE FR ES IT PL SE JP
Turkish edition — also at: Kitap Berlin (Germany) Pan Kitap (Türkiye)

The English, German and Dutch editions are printed by Amazon and sold only on Amazon. Libitum Yayınları prints and supplies the Turkish edition only.

Pages from the book
Wing takes flight — a page from the book
A journey to Tchaikovsky’s Moscow — a page from the book
Meeting Mozart — a page from the book
♫ Coming Soon

Getting ready for print

A piano method for children starting with notation, and a work that brings the same language of colour and shape to the violin — both are being prepared for publication.

Cover of Basic Steps for Keyboard - 1 — a girl playing the piano with her animal friends
Coming soon

Basic Steps for Keyboard - 1

Assoc. Prof. Elif Gökçe Türkili

A beginner piano method for children, learned through notation. The black keys become green pine trees and red-roofed houses, low and high sounds become big and small animals, and the notes become characters children remember. Illustrated pieces and games lead step by step to reading music — and a certificate of achievement awaits every young pianist at the end of the book.

Piano method Learning with notation Illustrated pieces In preparation for print
Pages from the book
Pine trees and red-roofed houses — the black key groups
Low sound, big animal; high sound, small animal
An illustrated piece page
Cover of First Steps of a Little Artist: Violin Book — a rabbit playing the violin
Coming soon

First Steps of a Little Artist: Violin Book

Dr. Erman Türkili

The First Steps of a Little Artist piano method adapted for the violin, built on the same philosophy of colour and shape. It was created for children on the autism spectrum, for those for whom standard notation is a barrier, or simply for any child holding a violin for the first time — 46 pieces, a journey guided by ear and by colour without a single note name written down.

Violin method In preparation for print
Pages from the book
Piece 1 — open strings, shape-based engraving
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star — colour engraving
The ladder to notation — second colour page
♪ Our App

With you in your pocket, too

The touchscreen version of our piano method — available on the App Store and Google Play.

First Steps of a Little Artist app icon
App Store · Google Play

First Steps of a Little Artist

iOS & Android app · Dr. Erman Türkili

Our piano method brought to the screen: colourful notes, audio feedback and game-based exercises — a piano learning experience for everyone from 2.5 to 80. Today it is used in 43 countries.

Free iPhone, iPad & Android Ages 2.5–80
Download free on the App Store ↗ Get it free on Google Play ↗
♪ About Us

The story behind us

Libitum Publishing was founded by a family to present music to young children not as an intimidating pile of technical knowledge, but as a playground to be discovered through colours, shapes and stories.

Dr. Erman Türkili with his violin
Dr. Erman Türkili
Academic & Violinist

Faculty member at Bahçeşehir University Conservatory, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and an active concert violinist. Founder of House of Arts and Sciences in Istanbul. Creator of the colour- and shape-based First Steps of a Little Artist method, now bringing the same philosophy to the violin.

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Assoc. Prof. Elif Gökçe Türkili
Assoc. Prof. Elif Gökçe Türkili
Academic & Pianist

Pianist and music educator; author of the BSK — Basic Steps for Keyboard method and of Ela and Kanat’s Musical Journeys. For years, the approaches tested on stage and in the classroom have been turned into a language every child can understand — colours, shapes and stories.

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All our books share one belief: when they meet the right method, no child is afraid of music. First steps at the piano, talking pianos, flying violins — all serve this single purpose. Our catalogue is growing; new instruments and new stories are on the way.

♬ Find Us Elsewhere, Too

Our Ecosystem

Libitum Publishing is part of the music education work our family has carried out for many years.

Our Education Centre BSK Çocuk bskcocuk.com ↗ Our Method First Steps of a Little Artist littlepianoartist.com ↗ Follow Us Instagram @libitumpress ↗ Follow Us Facebook Libitum Publishing ↗
✉ Contact

Get in Touch

Write to us about book orders, school visits, collaborations or any other questions.

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