Biography & Autobiography - Music
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Beyoncé Shine Your Light
$19.99 Add to cartPowerful text and beautiful illustrations make this dazzling picture book biography the perfect read for everyone ready to get in touch with and shine their inner light like Beyonc?.
Beyonc? was quiet- Author: Warren, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1328585166
- Language: English
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The Beatles
$9.99 Read moreMeet The Beatles and discover the story of their lives and musical career in this engagingly illustrated biography–narrated by John, Paul, George, and Ringo themselves.
The Genius Series is a series- Series: Genius
- Author: Sipi, Claire
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 8854420107
- Language: English
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Ludwig Van Beethoven (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers)
$7.95 Add to cartMeet Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrat… [more below]
- Series: Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers
- Author: Venezia, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0531222411
- Language: English
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Who Was Louis Armstrong?
$6.99 Add to cartIf not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw ta… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0448433680
- Language: English
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Only the Best: The Exceptional Life and Fashion of Ann Lowe
$18.99 Read moreAn inspiring picture book biography about the amazing Ann Lowe–the first nationally-known African American fashion designer.
A careful snip, a delicate fold.
Fabric the color of new petals.
Skirts th- Author: Messner, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1452161607
- Language: English
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Pitch Perfect and Persistent!: The Musical Debut of Amy Cheney Beach
$18.99 Read moreDiscover the untold yet inspiring story of Amy Beach, musician extraordinaire and the first successful woman composer in America.
With perfect pitch and fierce persistence, Amy Beach always knew she h- Author: Delems, Caitlin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1662680082
- Language: English
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Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
$18.99 Add to cartWinner of the Coretta Scott King Illustration Award From a New York Times bestselling author and an acclaimed illustrator comes this vibrant portrait of Aretha Franklin that pays her the R-E-S-P-E-C-… [more below]
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1534452281
- Language: English
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Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
$18.99 Read moreWinner of the Pura Belpr Illustrator Award
In soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael L pez tell the story of Teresa Carre o, a child p
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book- Author: Engle, Margarita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 148148740X
- Language: English
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Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma
$19.99 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, Joanna Ho, delivers a poignant picture book biography about the musician Yo-Yo Ma, immigration, and using music to build bridges
- Author: Ho, Joanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0062994549
- Language: English
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Building an Orchestra of Hope: How Favio Chavez Taught Children to Make Music from Trash
$18.99 Read moreAn exuberantly illustrated true story about innovation, community, and the power of music.
In Cateura, Paraguay, a town built on a landfill, music teacher Favio Chavez longed to help the families liv- Series: Stories from Latin America
- Author: Oliver, Carmen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 44
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0802854672
- Language: English
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Ella Fitzgerald
$15.99 Add to cartMeet Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most influential jazz singers of all time! Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the inspiratio… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #11
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 2018
- ISBN10: 178603087X
- Language: English
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Who Was Johnny Cash?
$6.99 Add to cartWas Johnny Cash always the rebellious “Man in Black” that we remember him as today? Find out in this biography from the #1 New York Times bestselling series that takes us from Cash’s childhood on an A… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Gigliotti, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 039954416X
- Language: English
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Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
$6.99 Read moreBorn in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: McDonough, Yona Zeldis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 28 2003
- ISBN10: 0448431041
- Language: English
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Who Were the Beatles?
$6.99 Add to cartAlmost 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… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Edgers, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 05 2006
- ISBN10: 0448439069
- Language: English
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When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
$19.99 Add to cartA John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner
Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Br- Series: Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award for New Talent
- Author: Hill, Laban Carrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 27 2013
- ISBN10: 1596435402
- Language: English
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Who Was Bob Marley?
$6.99 Add to cartGet Up, Stand Up for the king of reggae music
Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and so- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Ellison, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 6, 2017
- ISBN10: 0448489198
- Language: English
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Dazzlin’ Dolly: The Songwriting, Hit-Singing, Guitar-Picking Dolly Parton
$18.99 Add to cartThis inspirational and dazzlin’ story of Dolly Parton–noted singer, songwriter, and humanitarian–follows her rise to fame, from her beginnings in East Tennessee to performing to thousands at the Gra… [more below]
- Author: Slade, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1635928419
- Language: English
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Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
$20.95 Add to cartCoretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor – American Library Association (ALA)
NAACP Image Awards Nominee – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)A biography of African Am
- Author: Russell-Brown, Katheryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1600608981
- Language: English
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Dolly!: The Story of Dolly Parton and Her Big Dream
$17.99 Add to cartA rhythmically told and vibrantly illustrated picture book biography of Dolly Parton: an American icon beloved by all.
You’ve likely heard of the performer Dolly Parton. But do you know where this daz- Author: McGrath, Robyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0316324523
- Language: English
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Prince
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Prince, one of the most iconic performers in music history.
From a yo- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #54
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 19, 2021
- ISBN10: 0711254397
- Language: English
