The volume contains selected transcriptions from well-known sets that Bartók wrote for children and young people: For Children, Children s and Female Choruses, 44 Duos and Mikrokosmos. Some are based on folk melodies and some on original themes. The volume consists of 15 pieces.

The collections serve to draw music students into the realm of a great genius of 20th-century music, while concurrently introducing them to the basic techniques of playing chamber music.