Kids 9 - 12 Years
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Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong
PaperbackOriginal price $8.99 - Original price $8.99Original price $8.99$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /He was born "Black, poor, and lucky." The glowing story of "Satchmo"—the great jazz musician, Louis Armstrong.Louis Armstrong has been called the...
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Like a Bird: The Art of the American Slave Song
PaperbackOriginal price $9.99 - Original price $9.99Original price $9.99$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms—including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both ex...
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When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A John Steptoe New Talent Award WinnerBefore there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell ...
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Who Is Stevie Wonder?
PaperbackOriginal price $6.99 - Original price $6.99Original price $6.99$9.99$9.99 - $9.99Current price $9.99| /Discover more about Stevie Wonder, the music prodigy whose awards include 25 Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Stevie Wonder is...
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Selena, Reina de la Música Tejana
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /This is a moving and impassioned picture book about the iconic Queen of Tejano music, Selena Quintanilla, that will embolden young readers to find ...
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Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
PaperbackOriginal price $5.99 - Original price $5.99Original price $5.99$9.99$9.99 - $9.99Current price $9.99| /Born 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...
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Who Is Bono?
PaperbackOriginal price $6.99 - Original price $6.99Original price $6.99$9.99$9.99 - $9.99Current price $9.99| /How did an Irish schoolboy become the lead singer of a world-famous rock band and the founder of several humanitarian groups? Track Bono's rise t...
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The Story of the Saxophone
HardcoverOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Brassy, smokey, melodious. There's nothing like the saxophone. This incredible work from the award-winners behind Before She was Harriet includes...
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Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /He was born "Black, poor, and lucky." The glowing story of "Satchmo"—the great jazz musician, Louis Armstrong.Louis Armstrong has been called the...
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Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman broke the color barrier in entertainment when they formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa. Here is the stor...
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Queen of Tejano Music: Selena
HardcoverOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /"There's a lot of text in the book, but it's smartly framed within two-page spreads, and very little of it feels extraneous. ...A worthy picture-bo...
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Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix
HardcoverOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Jimi Hendrix was many things: a superstar, a rebel, a hero, an innovator. But first, he was a boy named Jimmy who loved to draw and paint and lis...
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What You Never Knew about Beyoncé
HardcoverOriginal price $31.32Original price $31.32 - Original price $31.32Original price $31.32Current price $26.99$26.99 - $26.99Current price $26.99| /She's not called Queen B for nothing! What makes Beyoncé a megastar? High-interest details and bold photos of her fascinating life will enthrall re...
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Who Was Louis Armstrong?
PaperbackOriginal price $6.99 - Original price $6.99Original price $6.99$9.99$9.99 - $9.99Current price $9.99| /If 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 gav...
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A Child's Introduction to Hip-Hop: The Beats, Rhymes, and Roots of a Musical Revolution
HardcoverOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /This definitive guide to hip-hop teaches kids about the history and world-wide cultural impact of the genre, covering everyone from early heroes li...
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Sonny's Bridge: Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins Finds His Groove
HardcoverOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /This groovy, bebopping picture book biography chronicles the legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins's search for inspiration on the Williamsburg ...
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That Girl Lay Lay: It's Time to #Slay
PaperbackOriginal price $12.99 - Original price $12.99Original price $12.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Learn all about Lay Lay -- the latest teen music sensation and Nickelodeon's newest star -- in this full-color photographic memoir!Alaya "Lay Lay" ...
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A Child's Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World's Coolest Music
HardcoverOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Get ready to swing with A Child's Introduction to Jazz, an interactive journey into one of the richest and most soulful music genres in the world. ...
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¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! the Dance That Crossed Color Lines
HardcoverOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /New York City's desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture-book tribute to the history of mamb...
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Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
PaperbackOriginal price $8.99 - Original price $8.99Original price $8.99$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /Another stunning picture book biography of a prominent twentieth-century African-American in the arts, from the creative team behind Alvin Ailey....
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Who Was Duke Ellington?
Library BindingOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /How did a working-class young man from Washington, DC, turn the music world on its head and become the "Master Of Jazz"? Find out in this addition ...
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Becoming Billie Holiday
HardcoverOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Coretta Scott King Author Honor AwardThe stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, acce...
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¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! El Baile Que Atravesó La Barrera del Color
HardcoverOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /New York City's desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture-book tribute to the history of mamb...
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Kendrick Lamar
PaperbackOriginal price $12.79 - Original price $12.79Original price $12.79$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /Kendrick Lamar explores how Kendrick Lamar has made incredible contributions to American music and culture, captivating audiences with memorable me...
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