Jodi Marie Fisher is a music teacher and local creative entrepreneur, author, and mom. She’s going to teach music at both of Moscow’s charter schools this coming school year including Palouse Prairie Charter School and Moscow Charter School (where she will also teach theater). She loves using picture books in her classes to teach music as well as topics and concepts for life skills, empathy, understanding, cultural awareness, and to bring color and fun to her classes. She plans on using at least one picture book per class & would like to reach out to our community & beyond to help her build her music & theater class library. This next year (2022-2023) is her first full year teaching at both schools. Also, she loves that you could build her classroom library while also supporting us as your local bookstore. Thank you for considering purchasing one of these books so that you can continue to bring color, fun, reading, and wonderful learning to kids on the Palouse.
You can order the book and deliver it to Miss Jodi personally, or you can put a note in your order when you check out that you'd like BookPeople of Moscow to deliver the book to Miss Jodi's classroom for you. Thank you!
Winner of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book
In soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael López tell the story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.
As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys
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When a song whispers in Khalida's ear late one night, she is determined to catch it. But the next day, no matter how hard she tries, bad timing and a busy schedule get in the way of her creative pursuit. Khalida longs for time to sit at the piano and make her own music and refuses to give up on her quest. When she finally succeeds, we discover the power of a captivating melody.
* Schneider Family Book Award Winner *
A gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. (Cover may vary)
"No. You can't," people said.
But Evelyn knew she could. She had found her own way to listen.
Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule—until the drum dream girl.
A lyrical picture book debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long
"I can hear change humming
In its loudest, proudest song.
I don't fear change coming,
And so I sing along."
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This lively and lyrical jaunt from actor and author John Lithgow comes with a CD of his celebrated song!
Oh, children! Remember!
#1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown makes his picture book debut with this mindful, humorous, musical, and uniquely entertaining book!
The author will be donating all US royalties due to him to support music education for children worldwide, through the New Hampshire Charitable foundation.
"The rhythmic, onomatopoeic text dances across exuberant watercolors with lots of movement. This celebration of a child’s agency in choosing a means of artistic expression strikes just the right note." --Kirkus
"A delightful offering for reading aloud, especially during music-themed storytimes."
--School Library Journal
"A symphony soars in rhyming couplets.There are many other introductions-to-the-orchestra titles out there, but few have such charm. Pleasing to the eye and ear." -Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
"Like a 21st-century update of Lloyd Moss's virtuoso Zin! Zin! Zin!
Skipping Stones Honor Award, Skipping Stones Magazine
Lasting Connection Title, Book LinksIn this clever, convivial picture book, an Indian boy untangles a mathematical conundrum to win a place at the Rajah's court.
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Awaken children’s vocabularies with this sunny collection of folk-pop songs. These upbeat melodies and accessible lyrics were written to help budding language learners discover how to share their feelings, hopes, and dreams. Young readers will have a blast singing their hearts out to songs about emotions, courage, family, and more!
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Read, clap, and sing in 4/4 time! Count the beats like a conductor with the adorable animals in the marching band.
Get your baby smiling and clapping along with you as you discover a love of music together! Clap on the first syllable of each word—and don’t let go until the word is done. Before long, you’ll be clapping to the marching beat.
An animated conductor and his orchestra of animals let the words move them in this engaging exploration of some beautiful and inspiring musical terms.
In this simple introduction to seven musical terms, Robert Heidbreder's rhythmic poetry is paired with Duýan Petričić's exuberant illustrations to perfectly convey the terms' meanings.
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The true story of how Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe's friendship helped these incredible women overcome prejudice and fulfill their dreams.
"This warm story emphasizes Ella's role in her success, thus avoiding the trap of the white-savior narrative.
Help the tiger win the race.
Clap the beat to keep his pace.
What could be more magical than being a part of the story? Join Tiger in this educational, interactive picture book that focuses on musical vocabulary...and fun
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Shake, rattle, and roll with this fun dance book for toddlers
Toddlers are natural dancers and they love to move! Channel toddlers’ energy and help them develop balance, coordination, and control with the help of this engaging choice in dance books for toddlers.
As a trio of tired tots settles into bed for the night, the sheep who should be helping them count down to slumber kick up their hooves instead in an energetic dance performance. Starting with one little lamb and counting up to 10, these sleep sheep tap, waltz, tango, and even boogie as they get their nighttime groove on.
This bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa. School Library Journal has named My Name is Celia " a]n exuberant picture-book biography . . . a brilliant introduction to a significant woman and her music.
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Powerful text and beautiful illustrations make this dazzling picture book biography the perfect read for everyone ready to get in touch with and shine their inner light like Beyoncé.
Beyoncé was quiet.
A push-an-empty-swing kind of quiet.
That’s how most of the world saw her, until . . .
She can sing!
As a young student of the violin, Joshua Bell learns about an international competition to be held in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He chooses a piece of music, which his teacher suggests may be too difficult, but Joshua is determined. It's a piece of music he loves. At the competition, Joshua experiences the usual jitters.
Sangeet loves music, and she's good at composing it, too. Her favourite instrument is the tabla. One day, Sangeet hears all kinds of noises everywhere and together, they have the most incredible beat. But when she tries to play it on her tabla-- something is missing Will Sangeet be able to find her Missing Beat?
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(Collections). previously titled "Rhythm Cups" Change up your rhythm teaching with MUSICAL CUPS With simple plastic cups and great rhythmic songs, you can teach rhythm reading, accurate performance, physical coordination, music literacy, and teamwork. The printed song collection features singer lead sheets with musical cup patterns in standard notation.
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Grades K5 Fun, fun, and more fun! And what could be better than a resource that will have your students begging to listen to more classical music? In "Parachutes and Ribbons and Scarves, Oh My!" Artie Almeida shares some of her most-beloved listening and movement-based lessons.
If you can read musical notes, you can sing any song or play any piece. But musical notes have not always been here. Long ago, songs were memorized. If songs were forgotten, they were lost forever.
Thanks to one man, Guido d’Arezzo, music now can last forever.
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"An Attitude of Gratitude: 11 Books That Show Kids What It Means to Be Thankful" (Brightly.com)
Once in a while, a perfect union of words and music creates a transcendent song that soars from the heart and speaks to every soul...
For Johann Sebastian there was always music. His family had been musicians, or bachs as they were called in Germany, for 200 years. He always wanted to be a bach.
As he grew, he saw patterns in everything. Patterns he would turn into melodies and song, eventually growing into one of the most important and celebrated musical composers of all time.
In this book from the multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of John Lennon, the boy from Liverpool who dreamed of peace.
When John Lennon formed a band while still in school, he couldn’t have known they were about to change music forever.
“A must-have for all Broadway lovers—B Is for Broadway—a book I am actually in!!! I am buying a dozen.” —ROSIE O’DONNELL, Isabelle Stevenson Award recipient, three-time Tony Awards host, and Emmy Award winner
New from the creators of A Is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z!
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"It's an incredible honor to be included in this amazing book of the greatest talent the Broadway stage has ever known!"
—AUDRA McDONALD, six-time Tony Award-winning actress
From Audra McDonald to Liza with a "Z," here is a showstopping alphabet book featuring your favorite leading ladies of the Broadway stage!
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Lights, camera, play! With this second edition of On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids, budding thespians will have fun under the footlights as they choose from more than 125 theater games that spark creativity, boost confidence, and encourage collaboration.
Please take your seat. The concert is about to begin!
“An ideal way to introduce children to the magic of music—delightful, charming, wonderfully entertaining, beautifully illustrated.”—Gerard Schwarz, Music Director, the All-Star Orchestra
Discover what a symphony is. Who Beethoven was.
AN INTERACTIVE, SWING-ALONG PICTURE BOOK—WITH 12 SOUND CHIPS!
Are you ready to swing? Discover the wonders of jazz: How to get in the groove, what it means to play a solo, and the joy of singing along in a call-and-response.
In this interactive swing-along picture book with 12 sound chips, you’ll hear the instrumen
Classical music comes to life like never before in this magical journey through 11 timeless compositions. Meet Allegro, an ordinary boy who can't stand practicing the piano. Those black dots on the page drive him crazy—until the music itself whisks him away on a breathtaking journey.
Discover the spellbinding magic of Swan Lake in this musical retelling of the ballet – push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s score.
This tale of a prince, a beautiful swan princess and an evil sorcerer begins in a woodland clearing far, far away.
Discover what it would be like to travel through the four seasons in one day in this musical story based on the classical masterpiece The Four Seasons—push the button in each breathtaking scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Vivaldi’s score.
Follow a little girl called Isabelle and her dog, Pickle, as they take on the adventure of a lifeti
Discover the magical world of Carnival of the Animals in this musical reimagining of this celebrated suite for children – push the button in each breathtaking scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Camille Saint-Saëns’ score.
One day, two brothers discover a magical animal kingdom behind their bookcase.
Words tumble, leap, and fly in this clever shape poem about a resilient dandelion.
The inspiring story of a dandelion that survives against all odds, ingeniously told through shape poems (also called "concrete poems") full of visual surprises. When it rains, letters fall from the sky; and when seeds scatter, words FLY!
Winner of the 2014 TD Children's Literature Award--now in paperback
Dylan is someone who notices things. His mom is someone who doesn't. So try as he might, Dylan can't get his mom to listen to the man playing the violin in the subway station. But Dylan is swept away by the beautiful music that fills the air as crowds of oblivious people hurry past.
Conceived by Kate DiCamillo and featuring enchanting illustrations by Jaime Kim, this nearly wordless graphic story follows a little girl in search of a friend.
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With the school talent show coming up, a young music lover spends most of her time daydreaming about the perfect act. She notices the sounds around her, like the brrrrring of the school bell or the rappa-tappa-tap of rain on the windowpane. But the talent show is the place to reveal her own voice. Will she mix up some hip-hop beats?
With evocative black-and-white illustrations and moving prose, readers are introduced to jazz-music legend and civil-rights activist Nina Simone.
A 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Award Honoree!
This luminous, defining picture book biography illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Christian Robinson, tells the remarkable and inspiring story of acclaimed singer Nina Simone and her bold, defiant, and exultant legacy.
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The New York Times bestselling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, Joanna Ho, delivers a poignant picture book biography about the musician Yo-Yo Ma, immigration, and using music to build bridges.
Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award Honor * Featured in Book Riot’s Must Read September 2021 List
A stunning new picture book from beloved icon Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, that introduces readers to the remarkable story of the development of written music, and speaks to the beauty of music and the power of perseverance.
Maya loves to sing, especially with her choir. But when the time comes for her first concert, a strange feeling overwhelms Maya. Her hands start to sweat and when she opens her mouth, no sounds comes out.
Will she be able to conquer her fear so she can perform?
Help the tiger win the race.
Clap the beat to keep his pace.
What could be more magical than being a part of the story? Join Tiger in this educational, interactive picture book that focuses on musical vocabulary...and fun
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From the author of BREATHE LIKE A BEAR comes a new collection of Mindful Moments!
Breathe Like a Bear is a beautifully illustrated collection of mindfulness exercises designed to teach kids techniques for managing their bodies, breath, and emotions. Best of all, these 30 simple, short breathing practices and movements can be performed anytime, anywhere: in the car to the grocery store, during heavy homework nights at home, or even at a child’s desk at school.
Part of the Mindfulness Moments for Kids series, this mindful breathing moment teaches kids to find peace and calm.
Part of the Mindfulness Moments for Kids series, this mindful meditation exercise featuring a colorful elephant helps kids feel focused, wherever they are.
No matter where you are, you can find the perfect instrument and join this band! A winning pick for young readers who adore books by Jory John, Mac Barnett, and Christian Robinson.
A musical treat for the ear and eye, this antic tale of a worm on a mission doubles as a cozy bedtime book.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
In a time when women were told they couldn't become conductors, Antonia Brico didn’t listen to discouraging words.
The first-ever picture book about Ethel Smyth, the world-famous composer and suffragette
"Brave women in history are examples that help us to be brave in the present. Learning about Ethel Smyth will be life-changing right now." --Gloria Steinem