"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music." ~Ronald Reagan
Beginning Chapter Books (Grades 1-3)
by Martha Maker
Now that Emily, Maddie, Bella, and Sam's craft clubhouse is up and running, the friends spend all their free time there. They've made friendship bracelets, sewn pillows, and even built a potato clock! One day their teacher announces that there's an upcoming school talent show. What could be more perfect for four kids who have so many different talents? The only problem is, none of them can think of anything to do for the talent show! Then Sam gets a musical idea. Will the group have time to put their rockin' plan into action?
by Marcie Colleen
Flying Blind. The bat-only punk rock band. Coming to the Grumpy Woods. The Super Happy Party Bears love rock 'n' roll! The other Grumpy Woods residents do not. To them, this "music" sounds like BOOM! BOOM! REEN-REEN-WAAAHHHHH! And the band's nighttime shows are keeping everyone awake! When the bears join the band and get groovin', the rest of the Grumpy Woods townscritters go undercover to wreak havoc at the show. Will the bears rock the party or will Mayor Quill stop the music?
by Stephen Krensky
When Arthur fails to show up for his second piano lesson, his music teacher dismisses him.
by Sarai Gonzalez
When cuts in the school budget threatens the band program, Sarai organizes a benefit concert to raise money, and gains the attention of her favorite singer, Sparkles Sanchez.
by Dotti Enderle
When the ghost of a rock star interferes with a music concert that Dandy, Malcolm, and his sister Cocoa are attending, the ghost detectors are on the
job--but this time the key to victory may be a video game.
Chapter Books (Grades 3-5)
by Jessica Khoury
Twelve-year-old Amelia gets the opportunity to attend a boarding school and learn how to use music to create magic, hoping to become a Maestro like her deceased mother.
by Nan Marino
When musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, completely freezes up on television, he is forced to hide out in the Pinelands of New Jersey and try to find his way back to the music once again with the help of a new friend.
I [Heart] Band!
The Eleventh Trade
by Michelle Schusterman
On her first day of seventh grade, Holly Mead learns that her new band director is surprisingly strict and that her best friend has replaced her with the new French horn player.
by Alyssa Hollingsworth
They say you can't get something for nothing, but nothing is all Sami has. When his grandfather's most prized possession-a traditional Afghan instrument called a rebāb-is stolen, Sami resolves to get it back. He finds it at a music store, but it costs $700, and Sami doesn't have even one penny. What he does have is a keychain that has caught the eye of his classmate. If he trades the keychain for something more valuable, could he keep trading until he has $700? Sami is about to find out.
Not Your All-American Girl
by Madelyn Rosenberg
Sixth-graders Lauren and Tara have always done everything together so it is only natural that they both try out for their middle school musical play, about an "all-American" girl in 1958; Tara gets the lead role, as usual, because in the teacher's mind Lauren, half-Jewish and half-Chinese, does not fit the image of all-American girl--Lauren is hurt but resolved to support her friend, but her two grandmothers are furious and they intend to do something about it.
Stephani Lindsey
Youth Specialist
Sharon Forks Library
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