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Who Were the Beatles?
Geoff Edgers - Grosset & Dunlap Format: Paperback
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Almost everyone can sing along with the Beatles, but how many young readers know their whole story? Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter and hard-core Beatles fan, brings the Fab Four to life in this Who Was...? book. Readers will learn about their childhoods in Liverpool,... |
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Harlem's Little Blackbird
Renee Watson - Random House Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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From Caldecott Honor winner Christian Robinson and acclaimed author Renee Watson, comes the inspiring true story of Florence Mills.Born to parents who were both former slaves, Florence Mills knew at an early age that she loved to sing, and that her sweet, bird-like voice, resonated with... |
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Trombone Shorty
Troy Andrews - Abrams Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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A 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner Hailing from the Trem neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six,... |
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Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
Susan Hood - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash.Ada Ros grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on a landfill.... |
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Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
Margarita Engle - HMH Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule - until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongs. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last... |
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Basher Basics: Music
Simon Basher - Kingfisher Format: Paperback
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Basher brings his signature pop-life style to a whole new topic in this one-stop guide to the building blocks of music. Meet Rhythm and Pitch, who know how to hold a tune; Time Signature, who loves to keep control; clever Chord, who works patterns to great effect; Brass, the powerful loudmouth... |
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mike Venezia - Childrens Pr Format: Paperback
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Clever illustrations and story lines give children a light yet realistic overview of this composer's life, style and music. |
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Listen to the Birds: An Introduction to Classical Music
Ana Gerhard - The Secret Mountain Format: Hardcover
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Winner of: Parents' Choice Gold Award Throughout history birds have caught the imagination of composers and inspired their creativity, and this selection of works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, and others introduces children to classical music through the discovery of the melodious similarities... |
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What Is Rock and Roll?
JIM O'CONNOR - Grosset & Dunlap Format: Paperback
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Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music.Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through... |
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Who Was Elvis Presley?
Geoff Edgers - Penguin Workshop Format: eBook
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Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for another addition to the Who Was ... ? series! The King could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he grew up with the blues music of the rural South, the gospel music of local churches, and the country-western... |
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Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
MICHAEL MAHIN - Atheneum Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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A picture book celebration of the indomitable Muddy Waters, a blues musician whose fierce and electric sound laid the groundwork for what would become rock and roll.Muddy Waters was never good at doing what he was told. When Grandma Della said the blues wouldn't put food on the table, Muddy... |
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What Is Hip-Hop?
ERIC MORSE - Black Sheep Format: Hardcover
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"Morse and Yi (the team behind What Is Punk?) highlight hip-hop's cultural hegemony via an impressively encyclopedic parade of rhyming biographies. Yi's meticulously styled clay figures are as magical as in the previous book, combining profound expressiveness with the playfulness... |
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Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Roxane Orgill - Candlewick Format: Hardcover
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What happens when you invite as many jazz musicians as you can to pose for a photo in 1950s Harlem? Playful verse and glorious artwork capture an iconic moment for American jazz.When Esquire magazine planned an issue to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane... |
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Singing in the Rain
Arthur Freed - Henry Holt and Co. Format: Hardcover
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I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain, Oh, what a glorious feeling!Spring calls in this classic Broadway number, brought to life in a beautiful picture book -- perfect for sharing! Jump in puddles, raise umbrellas, and dance with joy through the pages of this visual story.... |
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Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong
Lesa Cline-Ransome - Holiday House Format: Hardcover
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Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly everything else, it was rich in superb music. Young Louis took it all in, especially the cornet blowing of Joe "King" Oliver. But after... |
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Stay Strong: A Musician's Journey from Congo
Natalie Hyde - Clockwise Press Format: Paperback
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Growing up, Gentil Misigaro only knew the world as a place of loss, fear, and death. For fifteen years he and his family moved from country to country to escape the violence, but it followed them from their village in Congo to Rwanda and then Uganda. Through it all Gentil found strength... |
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Who Is Bruce Springsteen?
Stephanie Sabol - Grosset & Dunlap Format: Print book
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Not only was Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA," he has risen to become a twenty-time Grammy winner and American icon. Bruce Springsteen grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey town, where his parents struggled to make ends meet. Bruce didn't fit in at school but found solace in rock... |
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Taylor Swift: The Story of Me
Riley Brooks - Scholastic Inc. Format: Paperback
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Taylor Swift has grown from country's darling to America's sweetheart!Taylor Swift has been a music superstar since she was a teenager, but now she is doing even more! When she's not selling out arenas, Taylor is making a name for herself in fashion, cosmetics, and even movies. Learn about... |
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Settling the Score
AMY COBB - Calico Format: Library Binding
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From the percussion section at the back of room 217, Carmen Trochez keeps the Benton Bluff Junior High band steady. But when a student teacher enters the scene, the band's loyalties are divided. Carmen is usually the glue. Can she keep everything from falling apart? Aligned to Common Core... |
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I Am Drums
Mike Grosso - Clarion Books Format: Hardcover
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"This book is the song of my middle-school heart." - Michelle Schusterman, author of the I Heart Band! series Sam knows she wants to be a drummer. But she doesn't know how to afford a drum kit, or why budget cuts end her school's music program, or why her parents argue so much,... |
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The Talent Show
Ryan Howard - Scholastic Paperbacks Format: Library Binding
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When Rhino and Cooper overhear their shy teammate, Carlos, singing in the dugout, they are amazed at how good he is! There's a talent show coming up at school and Carlos just might be good enough to win it. They decide to form a band with Carlos as the lead singer, Cooper on drums, and Rhino... |
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Jack & Louisa: Act 2
Andrew Keenan-Bolger - Grosset & Dunlap Format: Hardcover
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A show-stopping series about life in the spotlight from Broadway actors and Internet sensations Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Kate Wetherhead Shaker Heights Middle School is putting on Guys and Dolls and best friends Jack and Lou are hoping to get lead roles. But a mysterious new director... |
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Out of Tune
Gail Nall - Aladdin Format: Hardcover
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A country music hopeful puts her Nashville dreams on hold when she moves into an RV to travel across the country with her family in this charming new novel from the author of Breaking the Ice.When twelve-year-old Maya's parents sell their house and move the family into the world's... |
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The First Rule of Punk
CELIA C PREZ - Viking Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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From debut author and longtime zine-maker Celia C. Prez, The First Rule of Punk is a wry and heartfelt exploration of friendship, finding your place, and learning to rock out like no one's watching. There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school - you can't fix it with... |
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Jake the Fake Keeps it Real
Craig Robinson - Crown Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the first book in a side-splitting illustrated series from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight. Jake can barely... |
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Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
RITA WILLIAMS-GARCIA - Amistad Format: Hardcover
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5 Starred Reviews!"This slim novel strikes a strong chord" - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This complex tale of family and forgiveness has heart." - School Library Journal (starred review) "Strong characterizations and vivid musical scenes add layers... |
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Thea Stilton Graphic Novels #7: "A Song for Thea Sisters"
Thea Stilton - Papercutz Format: Hardcover
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Great news for the Mouseford Academy students! Top Direction, one of the most popular bands for teenagers, is going to perform on Whale Island! And they have decided that the opening act will be chosen among the best bands Mouseford Academy has to offer! Students have two weeks to write... |
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Block and Rock
Jake Maddox - Stone Arch Books Format: Paperback
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Back before junior high, Justin, Tony, and Miles were the best of friends. Then they got pigeonholed into cliques and Justin was thrown in with the band nerds while Tony and Miles became a part of the jocks. But now that Justin wants to try out for the football team, music and football... |
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