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This guide lists children's books and young adult literature about music and musicians.

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Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music / poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .N4254 D78 2015
Ages 4-8; Prk-Gr.2
Eine kleine Nachtmusik : eine Geschichte zur Serenade von W.A. Mozart / Kristina Dumas ; Umschlag- und Innenillustrationen, Julia Dürr.
1. Auflage.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PT2704 .U43 K56 2014
Cover image of Little Melba and her big trombone
Little Melba and her big trombone / by Katheryn Russell-Brown ; illustrations by Frank Morrison.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .L566 R87 2014
Ages 4-8; Gr.1-3; Coretta Scott King illustrator honor book, 2015
Hey, Charleston! : the true story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band / Anne Rockwell ; illustrations by Colin Bootman.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML28 .C35 J469 2013
Lexile measure 1040L; Ages 7-10; Gr.1-4
Cover image of Skit-scat raggedy cat: Ella Fitzgerald
Skit-scat raggedy cat : Ella Fitzgerald / written by Roxane Orgill; illustrated by Sean Qualls.
1st ed.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .F5 O65 2010
Lexile measure 820; Book level 4.7; Ages 6-10; Gr.3-6
Tito Puente, Mambo King = Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo / by Monica Brown ; Illustrated by Rafael López ; Translated by Adriana Domínguez.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .P83 B76 2013
Lexile Measure AD740L; Ages 4-8; Gr.k-3

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Blues journey / by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Christopher Myers.
New York : Holiday House, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .Y48 B58 2003
Poetry & rhymes, all ages, gr. K-8
The blues singers : ten who rocked the world / Julius Lester ; illustrated by Lisa Cohen.
1st ed. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3929 .L47 2001
Lexile measure 1040, ages 9-12, gr. 3-8, African American music
Django / Bonnie Christensen.
1st ed. New York : Flash Point/Roaring Brook Press, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .R33 C57 2009
Awards: Schneider Family Book Award, Young Children, 2010.; Awards: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010; Lexile measure 700; Book level 4; Ages 5-9; Autobiography and Biography, gr. 3-6
Felipe y su música : cuéntame de Felipe Villanueva / María Eugenia Leefmans ; Carlos Alberto Badillo Cruz, ilustración ; Eva María Zuk, interpretación musical.
1. ed. [México] : Gobierno del Estado de México, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML410 .V7617 L55 2009
Happy feet : the Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hoppers and me / Richard Michelson ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
1st ed. Orlando, [Fla] : Gulliver Books/Harcourt, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .I34 H37 2005
Lexile measure 700; Book level 3.3; Ages 6-11; Historical fiction, gr. K-3
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I see the rhythm / paintings by Michele Wood ; text by Toyomi Igus.
San Francisco, CA : Children's Book Press, c1998.
Green Library » Stacks » ML3556 .I48 1998
Poetry & rhymes, ages 9-14, gr. 3-8
Jimi : sounds like a rainbow : a story of the young Jimi Hendrix / by Gary Golio ; illustrated by Javaka Steptoe.
Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .H45 G65 2010
Lexile measure 900; Ages 3-9, Book level 5.6; Biography, gr. K-2
Little Rat makes music / Monika Bang-Campbell ; illustrated by Molly Bang.
1st ed. Orlando : Harcourt, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .A63564 L56 2007
Lexile measure 520, ages 6-9, gr. 2-3
The living violin / by Barrie Carson Turner.
New York : Knopf, c1996.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML800 .T87 1996
Gr. 4-8
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Music was IT : young Leonard Bernstein / Susan Goldman Rubin.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .B48 R83 2011
Guided Reading Level X, Lexile measure 970, ages 11-16, gr. 5-9
¡Olé! flamenco / George Ancona.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GV1796 .F55 A53 2010
Red Bird sings : the story of Zitkala-Š̌̌̌a, Native American author, musician, and activist / adapted by Gina Capaldi & Q. L. Pearce ; illustrations by Gina Capaldi.
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E99 .Y25 Z53 2011
Lexile measure 940, ages 8-12, gr. 2-5
Roots and blues : a celebration / Arnold Adoff ; paintings by R. Gregory Christie.
New York : Clarion Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551.D66 R66 2011
Awards: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011; Notable Book for a Global Society 2012.; Ages 10-14, gr. 4-6
This Jazz Man / Karen Ehrhardt ; pictures by R.G. Roth.
1st ed. Orlando : Harcourt, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .H744 T48 2006
Ages 3-7, gr. K-2
This land was made for you and me : the life and songs of Woody Guthrie / Elizabeth Partridge.
New York : Viking, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .G88 P37 2002
Lexile measure 1020, ages 12+, gr. 7+, folk music
Cover image of What animals really like
What animals really like : a new song composed & conducted by Mr. Herbert Timberteeth / lyrics & pictures by Fiona Robinson.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .O3253 W48 2011
Ages 4-8, gr. PreK-1
When I get older : the story behind "Wavin' Flag" / K'naan ; with Sol Guy ; illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez.
Toronto, Ont. : Tundra Books ; Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books of Northern New York, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .K675 W56 2012
Ages 7-11, gr. 2-5
When Marian sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson : the voice of a century / libretto [i.e. text] by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; staging [i.e. illustrations] by Brian Selznick.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .A5 R93 2002
Lexile measure 780; ages 7-10; book level 5.2; biography; gr. K-5
Which side are you on? : the story of a song / by George Ella Lyon ; art work by Christopher Cardinale.
1st ed. El Paso : Cinco Puntos Press, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .R323 L96 2011
Ages 8-12, gr. 3-5