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24 books with the same feel
Hide books by the same authorSqueak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!: A Sonic Adventure
Wynton Marsalis · 40 pages
"Takes readers (and listeners) on a rollicking, clanging, clapping tour through the many sounds that fill a neighborhood"--
Bats in the Band
Brian Lies · 32 pages
A late-spring night sky fills with bats flocking to a theater, already echoing and booming with delightful sounds of music. Bat music-plunky banjoes, bat-a-tat drums, improvised instruments, country ballads, and the sweet cries of a bat with the blues. When the weather warms up, bats take advantage of an empty theater to stage a concert.
The Composer is Dead
Lemony Snicket · 36 pages
An inpector seeks to solve a murder mystery at the symphony by questioning each of the musical instruments.
The Cricket in Times Square
George Selden · 151 pages
An updated version of the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new foreword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee. Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the v
Happy!
Pharrell Williams · 31 pages
Happy has had the world dancing ever since it first hit the airwaves, and now the irresistibly cheerful tune will come to life on the page with Pharrell Williams s very first picture book! A keepsake and true classic in the making.
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
Katheryn Russell-Brown
"A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"-- This picture-book biography introduces African American Melba Doretta Liston, who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of
Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: a Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix
Gary Golio · 32 pages
Before he became one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix was a boy who loved to paint and listen to records, and who asked himself an unusual question: could someone paint pictures with sound?
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
Laban Carrick Hill
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Roxane Orgill · 60 pages
When Esquire magazine planned an issue to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane pitched a crazy idea: how about gathering a group of beloved jazz musicians and photographing them? He didn t own a good camera, didn t know if any musicians would show up, and insisted on setting up the shoot in front of a Harlem brownstone.
Rap A Tap Tap, Here's Bojangles - Think of That!
Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Marjorie Priceman
Since the market is closed, the reader is led around the world to gather the ingredients for making an apple pie. Includes recipe.
The Very Fairy Princess
Julie Andrews Edwards, Emma Walton Hamilton
Despite her scabby knees and dirty fingernails, Geraldine knows that she is a princess inside and shows it through her behavior at home and in school.
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
Renee Watson · 40 pages
But No Elephants
Jerry Smath · 41 pages
Grandma Tildy finally agrees to take an unwanted elephant into her home, but soon regrets her decision.
McToad Mows Tiny Island
Tom Angleberger
Every Thursday, as a break from mowing Big Island, McToad and his tractor make their way to Tiny Island, using various modes of transportation and types of machinery to get there and back.
King Baby
Kate Beaton · 40 pages
All hail King Baby! He greets his adoring public with giggles and wiggles and coos, posing for photos and allowing hugs and kisses. But this royal ruler also has many demands, and when his subjects can't quite keep up, King Baby takes matters into his own tiny hands.
Open Very Carefully: A Book with Bite
Nick Bromley · 30 pages
Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella
Tony Johnston, James Warhola · 32 pages
This version of the familiar story in which a mistreated step-child finds happiness with the "man" of her dreams is set in the old-growth forest and features Bigfoot characters.