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Re: Books That Sing (Or Play): Music in Children's and YA Literature
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From: Beth Martin <BMartin_at_dce.k12.wi.us>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:14:15 -0500
One of my favorites is Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney.
Beth Martin Library Media Coordinator DC Everest Middle School bmartin_at_dce.k12.wi.us 715-241-9700 ex.2320
**From picture book renditions of well-known songs to biographies of musicians to explorations of different musical forms and individual compositions, there are many rich and lyrical musical offerings in books for children and teens. Consider books about John Coltrane as an example: Among them are Chris Raschka's playful and brilliant /John Coltrane's Giant Steps /(Atheneum, 2002)/, /about Coltrane's musical composition of that name; Carole Boston Weatherford's delightful and imaginative /Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane /(Henry Holt, 2008), a consideration of young John Coltrane's aural influences; and Gary Golio's informative and artful /Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey /(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012) , a picture book biography for older readers.
Let's turn up the volume on some of your favorite books about music and musicians for children and teens!
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:14:15 -0500
One of my favorites is Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney.
Beth Martin Library Media Coordinator DC Everest Middle School bmartin_at_dce.k12.wi.us 715-241-9700 ex.2320
**From picture book renditions of well-known songs to biographies of musicians to explorations of different musical forms and individual compositions, there are many rich and lyrical musical offerings in books for children and teens. Consider books about John Coltrane as an example: Among them are Chris Raschka's playful and brilliant /John Coltrane's Giant Steps /(Atheneum, 2002)/, /about Coltrane's musical composition of that name; Carole Boston Weatherford's delightful and imaginative /Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane /(Henry Holt, 2008), a consideration of young John Coltrane's aural influences; and Gary Golio's informative and artful /Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey /(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012) , a picture book biography for older readers.
Let's turn up the volume on some of your favorite books about music and musicians for children and teens!
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
---Received on Fri 19 Apr 2013 12:14:15 PM CDT
