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By Barb Rosenstock, Edwin Fotheringham. 2018
Presents the story of musician Bill Monroe, the youngest of eight children, who loved playing and singing harmonies with his…
family on the front porch and continued to work on his craft as he grew up. His deep Kentucky roots helped him to create the unique American music called bluegrass. For grades K-3. 2018By Peter Guralnick. 1998
Author of music biographies including Last Train to Memphis (DB 40087) examines the short life and long legacy of bluesman…
Johnson, who died at age twenty-seven in 1938. From scarce information, the author stitches together what is known of his life, and looks at the many blues musicians he influenced. 1989By Candace Fleming, Boris Kulikov. 2013
In the summer of 1851, with encouragement and ideas provided by his family, an inventor builds a working submarine and…
takes his family for a ride. Includes notes about Lodner Phillips, the real inventor on whom the story is based. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2013By Jorge Volpi, Jorge Volpi Escalante. 2008
El matemático Gustav Links relata la historia del teniente Francis P. Bacon, enviado por los aliados en los tribunales de…
Nuremberg para encontrar y llevar a la justicia a Klingsor, un científico atómico nazi. Con su conocimiento de la matemática y la física, Bacon tiene que encontrar el paradero del misterioso Klingsor con poca informaciónBy Carl Perkins, David McGee. 1996
Autobiography of Carl Perkins following his life and career from 1932 through the 1990's. Carl Perkins, one of the original…
pioneers of rock, is famous for writing "Blue Suede Shoes" and performing with Elvis and Johnny Cash as they toured on behalf of Sun Records during the heyday of rockabilly. 1996By G. Neri, David Litchfield, Greg Neri. 2018
When Paul Met Artie is a picture book aimed at young readers from grades 4 to 7. From childhood friendship…
to brief teenage stardom, from early failures to musical greatness -- the incredible story of how Simon & Garfunkel became a cherished voice of their generation. For grades 4-7By Robert Andrew Parker, Robert A. Parker. 2008
By Margarita Engle, Rafael López. 2015
In Cuba in the 1930s, music filled the air. Millo had a dream playing drums of all kinds, but the…
country and her father only permitted boys to play drums. Millo finds a way to drum and practices in secret. Eventually her father relents and hires a music teacher for her. Millo's persistance means that she and her sisters become the first all-girl dance band in Cuba and play with and for famous people. (Story inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga.) For grades K-3By Inc. Staff Scholastic, Tres Seymour. 1999
By Patti Smith. 2011
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper. 2008
Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday (1915-1959) reflects on her early years in this fictional memoir written in verse. In "I Can't…
Face the Music" Billie overcomes stage fright. In "Trav'lin' Light," her songs are her home. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. Coretta Scott King Honor. 2008By Mark Bego, Martha Reeves. 1994
Autobiography of African American lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, who recorded hit songs for Motown in the 1960s.…
Reeves recalls the inner workings of the Detroit record studio, reminisces about her fellow musicians, and discusses her rivalry with Diana Ross of the Supremes. Some strong language. 1994By Martin Kratt, Victoria Miles. 2004
Ten wildlife biologists describe their adventures studying and rescuing a blue whale, marmot, polar bear, sea otter, manatee, silver-haired bat,…
northern gannet, leatherback sea turtle, grizzly bear, and grey wolf. They discuss their career interests, research projects, and facts about the animals. For grades 5-8. 2004By Jacqueline Davies, Melissa Sweet. 2004
Recounts how passionately the young Frenchman who made his home in America loved birds. Describes the numerous drawings and paintings…
he made of birds, their nests, and eggs and reveals the way he determined whether migrating birds return to the same place in the spring. For grades 2-4. 2004By Kathleen Krull, Stephen Alcorn. 2003
By Paul Hoffman. 2003
Author of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (RC 48056) examines the life and work of Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), the…
Brazilian-born aeronautical pioneer whose dirigibles captivated Paris. Hoffman highlights Santos-Dumont's aerial accomplishments, role in the race for manned flight, and despair at the destructive power of militarized aircraft during World War I. 2003By Kevin Hawkes, Matthew Anderson, M. T Anderson, M. T. Anderson. 2001
A stubborn little boy with a mind of his own is determined to be a musician, even though his father…
is against the idea. He grows up to be the famous eighteenth-century composer, George Frideric Handel. For grades 3-6. 2001By Kristen Kemp, Kemp. 1998
Biography of songwriter-singer Jewel, who grew up in Alaska with no running water, electricity, or heat. Describes her early singing…
career, her struggles with dyslexia, and her parents' divorce. Jewel's determination to succeed led her to a famous boarding school for the arts and then to California. For junior and senior high readersBy Gladys Knight. 1997
Knight recalls the ups and downs of her life. She describes her struggle to become well known, first along with…
the Pips and later as a solo performer, and discusses her family, her various addictions, her failed marriages, and her feelings of isolation within the world of show businessBy Floyd C Moore, Floyd C. Moore, Donna K. Nelson. 1995
It's a very special day for Floyd when the train carrying William Taft, Henry Ford, and Thomas Edison pulls into…
Iron City. Floyd's class goes to greet the important men, and he gets a great spot in the crowd. He is so excited he can barely talk when Thomas Edison speaks to him! Floyd gets a chance to do something nice for Edison, an incident that Floyd remembers for the rest of his life. For grades 2-4