2018 Summer Reading Program “Libraries Rock” (Music)
For Little Ones (ages two – five)
Andreae, Giles. Giraffe’s Can’t Dance.
Barton, Chris. 88 Instruments.
Burris, Pricilla. Five Green and Speckled Frogs.
Dominguez, Angela. Sing, Don’t Cry.
Garland, Michael. Daddy Played the Blues.
Gerger, Carole. A Band for Babies.
Isadora, Rachel. Old Mikamba Had a Farm.
Lallemand, Orianne. The Wolf Who Wanted to Be an Artist.
Litwin, Eric. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes.
Martin, Bill Jr. Spunky Little Monkey.
McCanna, Tim. Barnyard Boogie!
Newman, Leslea. Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed.
Peña, Matt de la. Miguel and the Grand Harmony.
Pinkney, Brian. Hush Little Baby.
Slash, Cinder. Heavy Metal Jam.
Stinson, Kathy. The Dance of the Violin.
Stosuy, Brandon. Music Is…
Wu, Mike. Ellie in Concert.
For Early Readers (ages five – six)
Hooks, Gwendolyn. Music Time.
Moving-Up Books (ages six – eight)
Grimes, Nikki. Garvey’s Choice.
Russell-Brown, Katheryn. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone.
Reed, Melody. Battle of the Bands. (The Major Eights, Bk. 1).
Torres, Jennifer. Finding the Music/En pos de la musica.
For Tweens (ages nine – twelve)
Brezenoff, Steve. Boy Seeking Band.
Federle, Tim. Better Nate Than Ever.
Griffin, Paul. Saving Marty.
Harrold, A. F. The Song from Somewhere Else.
Hill, Melanie Heuiser. Giant Pumpkin Suite.
Jones, Harmony. The High Note.
Jones, Harmony. The Right Track.
Kelly, Erin Entrada. Blackbird Fly.
Khan, Hena. Amina’s Voice.
Pèrez, Celia. The First Rule of Punk.
Rue, Ginger. Hard Rock.
Rue, Ginger. Rock ‘n’ Roll Rebel.
Ryan, Pamela Muñoz. Echo.
Scattergood, Augusta. The Way to Stay in Destiny.
Williams-Garcia, Rita. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground.
Winston, Sherrie. The Sweetest Sound.
Nonfiction
Andrews, Troy. Trombone Shorty.
Bowen, Meurig & Rachel Bowen. The School of Music.
Erskine, Kathryn. Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song.
Grady, Cynthia. Like a Bird: The Art of the American Slave Song.
Krull, Kathleen. The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny).
McKissack, Patricia. Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!
Mahin, Michael. Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters.
Morse, Eric and Nelson George. What Is Hip-Hop?
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound.
Reich, Susanna. Fab Four Friends: The Boys Who Became the Beatles.
Reich, Susanna. Stand Up and Sing! Pete Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice.
Rubin, Susan Goldman. Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein.
Rusch, Elizabeth. The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano.
Russell-Brown, Karen. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone.
Sandler, Martin W. How the Beatles Changed the World.
Silvey, Anita. Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger.
Stringer, Lauren. When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky: Two Artists, Their Ballet, and One Extraordinary Riot.
VanHecke, Susan. Raggin’, Jazzin’, Rockin’: A History of American Musical Instrument Makers.
Veirs, Laura. Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotton.
Wood, Susan. Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist.
Penny Peck, San Jose State University iSchool