I Can Do It! Piano Book: First Book of Favorite Songs

We just bought my son a keyboard to introduce him to music. This book is great! you cut out the key letters and the song book tells you what letter/finger to use. They are also songs he knows. Great value!

My 6 year old loves it! It is very basic, and only teaches the location of the notes on the piano, and their names. Does not teach reading music, which includes the timing, quarter notes, half notes, etc. For this reason, sometimes the songs do not sound right even though the right notes are played. No need for the child to read, it is color coded along with the the letters so even a very young child should be able to determine the correct notes based on the color. I do recommend this book if your child is not familiar at all with the keyboard, otherwise, stick with a primer level piano course book.

I have been using this book with all of my beginners, and it has made SUCH a huge difference in the way they play! They are instantly able to play the piano on their own, and they don't get frustrated or confused. When we're done with the book, moving into notation is so much easier. They already know the not names and where they are on the keyboard, so they just need to remember what they look like! My other students who did not use this book first have a much harder time remembering their notes, and what they look like. I recommend this book to anyone who is teaching beginners, or who wants to learn to play themselves.

My 8 year old has had some lessons and can read easy music, but this book is so fun she uses it a lot without being nagged to practice. It does not have any notes written on a staff at all, however. It is different than anything we have.

This is a good book for a child that wants to be able to play a few songs on a piano and say "I can do it!"
Parents take heed though, no child will learn to read music with this book. It doesn't even have music in it. It is simply colored hands with letters on them, so the child memorizes what color is what finger and possibly what letter it is on the keyboard. While the child does make music this way, and through a process of association learns the letters, they won't be able to pick up sheet music of any level and play it on their piano.
Like I said, it's a good book for someone that is satisfied with their child being able to play a few simple songs so they can say "I can do it!" but if you want your child to progress into being able to play more than the "I Can Do It" series music, it would be wise to skip the finger color matching and just get a piano book that teaches basic music reading.

My recommendations:
John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part One
Teaching Little Fingers to Play: A Book for the Earliest Beginner (John Thompsons Modern Course for The Piano)