Features

Music and Musicians

A Horn for Louis

A Horn for Louis
Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by James Bernardin
Historical Fiction
Ages 8 to 10
Random House, 2005, 0-375-83252-1
 
 

Clara Schumann Piano Virtuoso

Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso
Susanna Reich
Non-Fiction
Ages 9 to 12
Clarion, 1999, 0-618-55160-3

Gershwin's Rapsody in Blue

Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Anna Harwell Celenza
Illustrated by JoAnn E. Kitchel
Non-Fiction Picture Book (includes an audio CD)
Ages 6 to 10
Charlesbridge, 2006, 1-57091-556-3 

The Farewell Symphony
Anne Harwell Celenza
Illustrated by JoAnn E. Kitchel
Non-fiction Picture Book and music CD
Ages 5 to 10
Charlesbridge, 2000, 1-57091-406-0
 

Farewell Symphony
Heroic Symphony

The Heroic Symphony
Anne Harwell Celenza
Illustrated by
Non-fiction Picture Book and music CD
Ages 5 to 10
Charlesbridge, 2004, 1-57091-406-0

Pictures at an exhibition

Pictures at an Exhibition
Anne Harwell Celenza
Illustrated by
Non-fiction Picture Book and music CD
Ages 5 to 10
Charlesbridge, 2003, 1-57091-406-0

Dizzy

Dizzy
Jonah Winter
Illustrated by Sean Qualls
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Scholastic, 2006, 0-439-50737-5

 

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Biographical Features

The other Mozart

The Other Mozart: The Life of the Famous Chevalier de Saint George
High Brewster
Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 8 to 12
Abrams, 2006, 0-8109-5720-5
 
 

Jake the Philharmonic Dog

Jake the Philharmonic Dog
Karen LeFrak
Illustrations by Marcin Baranski
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Walker, 2006, 0-8027-9552-8
 

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 9
Hyperion, 1998, 078681420-9
 
 

Music for the end of time

Music for the end of time

Jen Bryant

Illustrated by Beth Peck

Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 8 to 10

Eerdmans, 2005, 0-8028-5229-7

 

Before John was a Jazz Giant

Before John was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane

Carole Boston Weatherford

Illustrated by Sean Qualls

Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 5 to 9

Henry Holt, 2008, 0-8050-7994-7

 

I Vivaldi

I, Vivaldi

Janice Shefelman

Illustrated by Tom Shefelman

Picture Book

Ages 7 to 9

Eerdmans, 2008, 978-0-8028-5318-9

 

 

A Song for Me

A Song For Me: A Muslim Holiday Song

Lisa Abdelsalam

Illustrations by Janet Nilsen

Fiction

Ages 5 to 8

Abdelsalam Publishers, 2005, 0-9755975-1-5

 

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Gilbert and Sullivan Set me Free

Kathleen Karr

Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Hyperion, 2003, 0786819162

 

 

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