Deborah Benner-Davis is a wife and mother who holds degrees in music, psychology and music therapy. She is also a music composer, children’s book author, and music therapist. Deborah Benner-Davis is the owner and founder of the non-profit Melody the Monkey's Workshop. This workshop is a great resource to empower children of any age or developmental level and give them a stepping stone for life-long learning through more educational tools in a repeatable way through music..

Working as a musical therapist for more than thirty years, Deborah Benner-Davis has worked with thousands of children of multiple populations. Her expertise is working with special needs children and adults and those under the age of 4 both in group and private settings. She teaches children as young as two and special needs instrumental lessons both in group and private settings. Her unique approach empowers children and brings joy as well as educational and developmental results.

She started her music career at the age 6 with piano lessons. Deborah Benner-Davis continued to expand her musical skills in various instruments, including clarinet, saxophone, guitar, choir, autoharp, melodica, recorder and handbells. She majored in music and psychology in college and then furthered her accomplishments by acquiring a graduate degree in creative arts therapy and served as a music therapist, instructor and music director at schools, her church and her own private practice - Music With Deborah Benner-Davis.

Deborah Benner-Davis has shared the stage with people such as Stevie Wonder, Sharon Lechtner, Les Brown, Keith Shocklee and Bill Walsh. She has also delighted and taught thousands of children with her music. Her belief is that children have the most potential and should be elevated to their highest level.



When asked what inspired the author to write this book, Deborah Benner-Davis said, “My passion for music and children.”

The first series of books in an introduction to the musical alphabet that children will love and parents, caretakers, guardians and teachers will appreciate.

The books in this adorable series are about a fun, loving and curious monkey named Melody and her friends and offers a musical twist that cleverly teaches by using music as the teaching source. Young readers will follow along as this adorable monkey and her friends teach by using well-known melodies.

These books makes the perfect introduction to music for the young, young at heart or anyone who wants to learn the alphabet. These books gives young readers a fun and engaging story with a musical educational theme. 

Melody the Monkey’s Workshop was started in order to reach children and others with a musical source to learn.  Everything is taught through music. Whether it is reading, math, science, history, music and more.

The workshop’s mission is that it empowers all children including the underprivileged, very young and special needs to learn through music by giving them even more educational tools for life-long learning.

Its vision is to become the global leader in giving a larger voice and more educational tools to inspire more creativity and learning experiences in children.

This is being accomplished through live readings and workshops for all both in live venues and virtually. It takes two familiar ideas and merges them into a new and innovative way of learning. It is kind of like“Sesame Street” meets the original “School of Rock”. There are adorable characters that welcome children and they learn through music.

Music has been taken away from so many children with its removal from school programs.

Music is vital to the development and continued growth of society. Even in olden times history was passed on by minstrels and bards. Most teach children the alphabet through song. Many remember the phone number from the song “Jenny” from the 80’s because it was done through music. Billy Joel even joined into using music to teach when he wrote the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” about history. There is so much research on how music can help individuals learn. There are even cases of stroke victims who can’t speak, but can sing! Teachers all over the United States are trying to come up with their own songs and platforms to teach in the school systems. Music is a resource that all can use to learn and retain throughout life.

Music can be experienced by everyone in some way in spite of their age, developmental level and capabilities. They just have to be given the music.

The goal of Melody the Monkey’s Workshop is to reach all children whether it be in their own neighborhoods or virtually with materials that will inspire them to create and use music as educational tools and to provide them with repeatable resources that have already been established.