African American Music Appreciation
Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation’s treasured cultural heritage.
Before There Was Mozart
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by:
James E. Ransome
James E. Ransome
ISBN: 9780307982490
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Beyoncé
By: Sarah Warren
Illustrated by:
Geneva Bowers
Geneva Bowers
ISBN: 9780358063346
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
By and By
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Bryan Collier
Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9781534426368
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Duke Ellington
By: Andrea Pinkney
Illustrated by:
Brian Pinkney
Brian Pinkney
ISBN: 9780439109949
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Ella Fitgerald
By: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
Bàrbara Alca
Bàrbara Alca
ISBN: 9781786030870
Nonfiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
Harlem’s Little Blackbird
By: Renee Watson
Illustrated by:
Christian Robinson
Christian Robinson
ISBN: 9780593380055
Nonfiction, 4-6, Music / Art
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
By: Kadir Nelson
ISBN: 9780803728509
Fiction, 4-6, Music / Art
Muddy The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
By: Michael Mahin
Illustrated by:
Evan Turk
Evan Turk
ISBN: 9781481443494
Fiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
NinaJazz Legend and Civil-Rights Activist Nina Simone
By: Alice Brière-Haquet
Illustrated by:
Bruno Liance
Bruno Liance
ISBN: 9781580898270
Nonfiction, 4-6, Music / Art
Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!
By: Wynton Marsalis
Illustrated by:
Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers
ISBN: 9780763639914
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
The Bat Boy and His Violin
By: Gavin Curtis
Illustrated by:
E.B. Lewis
E.B. Lewis
ISBN: 9780689841156
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
This Jazz Man
By: Karen Ehrhardt
Illustrated by:
R.G. Roth
R.G. Roth
ISBN: 9780544339224
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Trombone Shorty
By: Troy Andrews
Illustrated by:
Bryan Collier
Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9781419714658
Nonfiction, 4-6, Music / Art
When Marian Sang
By: Pam Munoz
Illustrated by:
Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick
ISBN: 9780439269674
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
What a Wonderful World
By: George David Weiss & Bob Thiele
ISBN: 9780689800870
Fiction, 4-6, Music / Art
