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10 Books to Read AloudJune 2015
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Jazz baby
by Lisa Wheeler
With a clap of his tiny hands and tap of his teeny feet, a musically-inclined baby inspires his finger-snapping sister, scat-singing granny, soft-shoe dancing uncle, and the rest of his loving family to get in on the fun!
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I got the rhythm
by Connie Schofield-Morrison
Walking with her mother to the park, an exuberant little girl hears music in the sounds all around her that inspires her to sniff, snap and shake before bursting into an impromptu dance that is joined by other children. Illustrated by the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning artist of Jazzy Miz Mozetta.
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Drum city
by Thea Guidone
A young boy begins banging on pots and pans in his front yard, enticing other children to join him on bowls, buckets, barrels and bins, and before long the entire city is feeling the beat.
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Punk Farm on tour
by Jarrett Krosoczka
As Farmer Joe heads off to the Tractor Society Conference, his barnyard animals get their gear, load up the van, and head out for their Punk Farm tour that will take them all the way from Maine to Colorado, but when problems with their transportation arise, the band has to find a way to resolve it or else they will miss their scheduled shows!
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Olivia forms a band
by Ian Falconer
When Olivia learns that there will be no band at the evening's fireworks display, she decides to form one of her own, with herself as the only musician and some rather unusual instruments. Also in Spanish - Olivia forma una banda.
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Zin! zin! zin! : a violin
by Lloyd Moss
Clever, rhythmic verse echoes the sounds various instruments create in a playful introduction to musical instruments and groups that begins with a trombone-playing soloist and adds a different instrument on each spread until a full orchestra is assembled.
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This jazz man
by Karen Ehrhardt
Presents an introduction to jazz music and nine well-known jazz musicians, including Satchmo, Bojangles, and Charles Mingus, set to the rhythm of the traditional song, "This Old Man."
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Play, Mozart, play! by Peter SísIn celebration of Mozart's 250th birthday, a picture book takes a look at the childhood years of this genius musician and his incredible accomplishments through fun, full-color illustrations and accessible text.
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Penny and her song
by Kevin Henkes
A first entry in a new series by the Caldecott Medal-winning author of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and Kitten's First Full Moon introduces sweet and curious little mouse Penny, who longs to share a special song with her family without waking her baby siblings.
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A crooked kind of perfect
by Linda Urban
Upset when her dreams of becoming a grand pianist are squashed when her father returns from the store with an old organ, ten-year-old Zoe Elias tries to make the best of it and so practices hard in order to get her moment in the spotlight at the annual Perform-O-Rama organ contest.
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