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Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reading level: Grades 2-4 ; RL 2.7 ; Ages: 6-9
Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink attend a concert during which someone steals the star's diamond pendant, and they are soon on the trail of the thief
2) Because
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books For Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A series of events, some seemingly very insignificant, lead to a young girl attending a life-changing concert.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1957 in Liverpool, England, a young lad named John Lennon and his band played music at a local church fair. In the audience was Paul McCartney, who liked what he heard and soon joined the group. Paul's friend George Harrison kept showing up at rehearsals until the older boys finally let him in. Eventually they found the perfect drummer, Ringo Starr, and the perfect name: The Beatles.
Told through a lyrical text and stunning paintings, this book...
6) Dizzy
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An acclaimed biographer for children, Jonah Winter brings historical figures to life for young listeners. Here he turns his talents to jazz legend John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Born into poverty and the victim of vicious parental abuses, Dizzy received a trumpet one day and it changed his life forever. Dizzy follows Gillespie's journey from rural South Carolina to New York City-straight into the burgeoning jazz scene he soon immersed himself in.
7) Jazzmatazz!
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[c2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a mouse scurries into a house and starts to play jazz music, other animals join in, one by one, each using his or her own particular talent.
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest"--
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Moses and his schoolmates, all deaf, attend a concert where the orchestra's percussionist is also deaf. Includes illustrations in sign language and a page showing the manual alphabet.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues, but when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's passion.
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