For Kids
African American Music!
Chicago Public Library celebrates diversity, and in 2011 we will be honoring music and musicians throughout all ethnic heritage month celebrations. Join in the festivities for African American History Month by checking out these great books!
Bessie Smith and the Night Riders
By Sue Stauffacher, illustrated by John Holyfield
Putnam's Sons, 2006 (Ages 7-9)
The Blues Singers: Ten Who Rocked the World
By Julius Lester, illustrated by Lisa Cohen
Jump at the Sun, 2001 (Ages 4-8)
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
By Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Jump at the Sun, 1998 (Ages 5-9)
Hip-hop: A Short History
By Rosa Waters
Mason Crest, 2007 (Ages 8-13)
Kanye West
By Laura La Bella
Rosen Pub, 2009 (Ages 8-12)
The Little Piano Girl
By Ann Ingalls and Maryann Macdonald, illustrated by Giselle Potter
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009 (Ages 6-9)
Mahalia Jackson: The Voice of Gospel and Civil Rights
By Barbara Kramer
Enslow, 2003 (Ages 9-13)
Michael Jackson: Ultimate Music Legend
By Katherine Krohn
Lerner, 2010 (Ages 9-13)
Queen Latifah
By Stephen Feinstein
Enslow, 2009 (Ages 7-10)
Ray Charles: Young Musician
By Susan Sloate, illustrated by Meryl Henderson
Aladdin, 2007 (Ages 8-13)
Skit-scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald
By Roxane Orgill, illustrated by Sean Qualls
Candlewick, 2010 (Ages 6-9)
This Jazz Man
By Karen Ehrhardt, illustrated by R.G. Roth
Harcourt, 2006 (Ages 4-9)
Tupac Shakur: Hip-Hop Idol
By Carrie Golus
Twenty-First Century, 2010 (Ages 10 and up)
Usher
By Raymond Lord
Mason Crest , 2007 (Ages 10-13)
W.C. Handy: Founder of the Blues
By L.S. Summer
Child's World, 2002 (Ages 10 and up)
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
By Pam Muñoz Ryan, illustrated by Brian Selznick
Scholastic, 2002 (Ages 5-10)