Manushkin, Fran
Summary: Katie Woo wants to learn an instrument, but she is having trouble deciding what kind of music suits her best.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE MANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MANGreene, Rhonda Gowler
Summary: "From violin to trumpet, flute to trombone, each plays its part, contributing to a grand and mystifying performance. These magical instruments will transport you in a way only music can. Soar with the strings, float away with the woodwinds, and play in apercussion thunderstorm!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GREBudzi, Brandon
Summary: "Nick and his robot pal Nack love to build things. As they make instruments in this Level 1 Highlights Puzzle Reader, kids can find supplies in Hidden Pictures scenes that double as picture support for the simple story text, which is full of repeated words. With bonus craft directions, Nick and Nack Make Music will appeal to junior makers who are just discovering reading." --Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Highlights Press 2021
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Summary: A group of kids have fun singing and playing with instruments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2024
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Summary: Little Worm finds a song stuck in his head--and learns that his friends all have songs of their own to listen to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KNOPage, Nathan
Summary: Alastair, Pete, Charlie, and Rachel aren't just magical teen detectives in their coastal town of Port Howl--they are also members of a local teen rock band. Before a show one night, Charlie and Rachel meet a famous rockstar, Gideon, and invite him to their show. He'll never come, but why not try, right? Little do they know, Gideon does show up, and he brings the threads of his dark past with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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Summary: "Before Tegan and Sara took the music world by storm, the Quins were just two identical twins trying to find their place in a new home and new school. From first crushes to the perils of puberty, surviving junior high is something the sisters plan to face side by side, just like they've always faced things. But growing up also means growing apart, as Tegan and Sara make different friends and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 2023
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Summary: "Beatriz loves music. More than her school, more than her friends, and definitely more than her homework. After Beatriz discovers that her grandfather's soul is trapped in his guitar, she becomes determined to get him out. But the only way to free him is to play the perfect song... his perfect song, a song that he never actually wrote down. Fixated on freeing her grandfather, music slowly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 PIMRhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola
Summary: Eleven-year-old Bo is used to it being just her and her mom in their cozy New York apartment, but when her mom gets married, Bo must adjust to her new sisters and a music-minded blended family that is much larger, louder, and more complex than she ever imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RHUNadine, Ray
Summary: Adding to his growing list of problems, Leon becomes inexplicably linked to the ghost of a queer punk rocker named Cody, and as the two investigate Cody's mysterious death they also explore the complexities of life, death, love, and their shared love of music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NADEttlinger, Emily
Summary: Skeleanor loves music, but no matter what type of instrument she plays, she always seems to scare people away, so with the help of her best friend, Batima, Skeleanor will try to show everyone her musical skills at the upcoming festival.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ETTLarson, Hope
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Bina faces her first summer without her best friend, Austin, who has left for soccer camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y GRAPHIC LARGigot, Jami
Summary: A lonely boy feels like a stranger on his own planet until the day his radio bursts to life with the rhythm of stardust energy. Includes notes and facts about David Bowie's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GIGMarley, Ziggy
Summary: A picture book based on Ziggy Marley's popular song celebrating music's many forms, from the sounds of ocean waves to laughter in the family kitchen, from a loved one's laughter to the "river's latest tune," Marley reminds children everywhere that you don't need an instrument to create a beautiful song. Music is in Everything is a sweet and uplifting ode to the power and beauty of song.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books/Tuff Gong Worldwide Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MARIshiguro, Kazuo
Summary: One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ISHBonilla, Lindsay
Summary: Striking a chord with anyone who's ever felt out of sync, this hilarious, offbeat story follows Half Note as she leaves the musical staff because she believes she's not important, until the Composer and staff work to convince her to change her tune and come back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BONHorning, Sandra
Summary: "How do you explain coding in music to a baby? By showing how it's all around them, and how they can take part in it, of course! By using experiences common in a baby's world, like hearing a melody from a mobile or tapping on an electronic xylophone, thischarming board book full of bright, colorful illustrations is the perfect introduction to coding in music for babies and their caregivers--and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HORWiseman, Beth
Summary: "The first novel in the new Amish Journeys series by bestselling author Beth Wiseman. Mary Hershberger lives a happy life in an Amish community in Indiana with her parents and sister. Levi Shetler lives forty miles away in a crowded and unorganized home that is part of a much stricter community. When the two met as children, Mary learned a secret about Levi: he is a musical prodigy, but his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WISGopal, Jyoti Rajan
Summary: "With a countdown from one to ten and back woven in, this celebration of music and community brings to life a shared moment in a diverse neighborhood where everyone comes together to make one sweet song"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG GOPLouis, Lia
Summary: "Sparkly and charming Natalie Fincher has it all - a handsome new husband, a fixer-upper cottage of her dreams, and the opportunity to tour with the musical she's spent years writing. But when her husband suddenly dies, all her hopes and dreams instantly disappear. Two and a half years later, Natalie is still lost. She works, sleeps (well, as much as the sexually frustrated village foxes will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC LOUQuinn, Jordan
Summary: Prince Lucas would rather be enjoying the outdoors with his best friend, Clara, than learning to play the lute, until a visiting bard demonstrates the power of music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2015