Michael Mahin
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Language
English
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Description
"A picture book biography of American inventor Leo Fender. Leo loved to tinker and take things apart and put them back together again. His inventions--which included the Telecaster and the Stratocaster electric guitars--would inspire the rock-n-roll generation and go on to amplify the talents of many legendary guitarists." --
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of blues legend Muddy Waters, describing how he persisted with his interest in music despite a lack of encouragement from his family and record producers, leading him to Chicago where he was able to record his unique country blues sound.
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Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, a vibrant, inspirational picture book about self-reliance and the power of creativity and music, in which a group of hungry homeless kids in 19th century New Orleans build their own musical instruments from discarded items and become a successful band.
It's 1895, and ten-year-old Stalebread Charlie and his friend Warm Gravy roam the streets of New Orleans, homeless and hungry. Stalebread has heard folks say that music feeds...
4) Muddy
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Language
English
Description
Muddy Waters was never good at doing what he was told. When Grandma Della said the blues wouldn't put food on the table, Muddy didn't listen. And when record producers told him that no one wanted to listen to a country boy playing country blues, Muddy ignored them as well. This tenacious streak carried Muddy from the hardscrabble fields of Mississippi to the smoky juke joints of Chicago and finally to a recording studio where a landmark record was...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play el violín. It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing-a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried el clarinete and el violin, but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra. He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and the energy of Rock and Roll, and added the slow heat of...
7) Reborn
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Language
English
Description
A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a morgue attendant and brought back to life by electro-kinetic power. On her 16th birthday, she escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother, leaving a trail of destruction behind her.
