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Musical

  • Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples

  • Paul Robeson

  • Ordinary Days: The Seeds, Sound, and City That Grew Prince Rogers Nelson

  • Legends of Hip-Hop: 2Pac: A 1-2-3 Biography

  • Legends of Hip-Hop: Queen Latifah: An A-B-C Biography

  • A Child’s Introduction to Hip-Hop: The Beats, Rhymes, and Roots of a Musical Revolution (A Child’s Introduction Series)

  • A Child’s Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World’s Coolest Music (A Child’s Introduction Series)

  • Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll

  • Sugar Pie Lullaby: The Soul of Motown in a Song of Love

  • The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music

  • Nina: A Story of Nina Simone

  • Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa

  • My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz

  • Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound

  • By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music

  • A Voice Named Aretha