
Children's Books About Music, Musicians and Dancers
16 handpicked picture books and memoirs, mostly for ages 3 to 9, about music and dance: biographies of Miriam Makeba, Tito Puente, Esquivel, Anna Pavlova, Michaela DePrince and Amalia Hernandez, a Cuban girl who dreams of drumming, the boyhood of a steel pan pioneer, a father's Chinese opera, and lullabies and songs from South Africa, Portugal, Brazil and the French Creole Caribbean.
Books in this collection


Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo (Pura Belpre Honor Books – Illustration Honor)

Esquivel Space Age Sound Artist

Drum Dream Girl How One Girls Courage Changed Music

Drummer Boy of John John

A Concert in the Sand

Abiyoyo Stories To Go Paperback

Music Everywhere Global Fund For Children Books Hardcover

Songs From A Journey With A Parrot Lullabies And Nursery Rhymes From Portugal And Brazil Portuguese And English Edition

Songs In The Shade Of The Flamboyant Tree French Creole Lullabies And Nursery Rhymes

My First Bilingual Book–Music (English–Portuguese)

Swan The Life And Dance Of Anna Pavlova

Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer (Step Into Reading, Step 4)

Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

Danza!: Amalia Hernández and Mexico’s Folkloric Ballet
