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Here are the life stories of such diverse figures as Vivaldi, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Nadia Boulanger, and Woody Guthrie. Readers will learn of both their musical natures and the personal, humorous characteristics that make their lives so fascinating. Living, breathing anecdotes--the stuff of which the best biography is made.
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Picture Book Musician Bios Summer Challenge 2018 Music
Picture Books for Black History Month
Rocking and Rolling Picture Book Biographies
Picture Books for Black History Month
Rocking and Rolling Picture Book Biographies
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"A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"--
7) Dolly Parton
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Little Dolly grew up in Tennessee in a family "as poor as dirt." She started performing at an early age, singing on local radio and television. After graduating high school, she moved to Nashville to pursue her singing dreams. Her managers wanted her to sing pop, but she followed her heart to sing and write country songs. Her heart was right--Dolly became a musical superstar, but she never forgot where she came from. She now uses her wealth to give...
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"Music Mavens transports readers around the world (and beyond)--to a jazz performance in Genoa, an instrument lab in London, a Tokyo taiko dojo, a New York City beatbox battle, and even a film scoring session aboard the starship Enterprise, to name a few. Along the way, it spotlights artists whose work spans musical genres and industry roles, including composing and songwriting, performing and conducting, audio engineering, producing, and rock photography....
9) Fats Domino
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"Antoine "Fats" Domino, Jr., the grandson of Creole slaves, was born in the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood of New Orleans. While making ends meet as an iceman's assistant, Fats fell in love with music, adding his own unique style of singing and piano playing. Many would call his first song, "The Fat Man," the first rock-and-roll record. In post-World War II America, the music of Fats Domino would become wildly popular. His music crossed racial lines...
10) Ella Fitzgerald
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Presents information about Ella Fitzgerald, from her youth mired in tragedy to her rise to stardom as one of the top jazz singers of all time.
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The story of the "Jubilee Singers, [who] traveled from Cincinnati to New York, following the path of the Underground Railroad. With every performance they endangered their lives and those of the people helping them, but they also broke down barriers between blacks and whites, lifted spirits, and even helped influence modern American music: the Jubilees were the first to introduce spirituals outside their black communities [and are still active and...
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Picture Book Biographies for Hispanic Heritage Month
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Rocking and Rolling Picture Book Biographies
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Rocking and Rolling Picture Book Biographies
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"Selena Quintanilla's music career began at the age of nine when she started singing in her family's band. She went from using a hairbrush as a microphone to traveling from town to town to play gigs. But Selena faced a challenge: People said that she would never make it in Tejano music, which was dominated by male performers. Selena was determined to prove them wrong."--provided by publisher.
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Non-Boring Non-Fiction
Picture Book Biographies for Hispanic Heritage Month
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Rocking and Rolling Picture Book Biographies
Picture Book Biographies for Hispanic Heritage Month
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Rocking and Rolling Picture Book Biographies
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"A picture book biography celebrating the life and legacy of Selena Quintanilla, one of the most influential Latinx artists of all time"--
15) J is for jazz
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"J is for Jazz is a riotous romp through the alphabet featuring the history and living creativity of this special music!"--
19) Who was Selena?
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"As a young girl, Selena Quintanilla sang in a band called Selena y Los Dinos with her brother and sister. The family performed at fairs, weddings, quinceañeras, and on street corners in their native Texas. Selena learned how to sing in Spanish and soon became hugely popular within the Latino community--so much so that she became the best-selling Latin artist of the 1990s. Selena was poised to be a great success, but her life was cut short after...
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"Starting out over fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues and blended it into rock and roll to create their own unique sound. Decades later, they are still hard at work, recording and playing live to massive crowds of adoring fans. Who Are the Rolling Stones? captures the excitement of the Stones on their journey to become the greatest rock-and-roll band in the world." --Amazon.com.