
Celebrate World Music Day!
Dolly Parton began singing professionally at age 10, and has gone on to write and perform almost 3,000 songs. Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write, Dolly founded the Imagination Library to give books to children ages 0-5 years. Since 1995, the Imagination Library has gifted more than 175,000,000 books to children!
In honor of World Music Day, learn more about musicians like Dolly Parton, Jimi Hendrix, Selena, and “V” from BTS, by checking out these great books:

Dolly!: The Story of Dolly Parton and Her Big Dream by Robyn McGrath

Song for Jimi: The Story of Guitar Legend Jimi Hendrix by Charles R Smith

Queen of Tejano Music: Selena by Silvia López

BTS: The Ultimate Fan Book by Malcolm Croft

I Am Mozart, Too: The Lost Genius of Maria Anna Mozart by Audrey Ades

Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci Todd

Prince (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker

Gizmos, Gadgets, and Guitars: The Story of Leo Fender by Michael Mahin

King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin by Stephen Costanza

Beyoncé Knowles: Rule the Music Scene Like Queen (Work It, Girl) by Caroline Moss

Who Was Johnny Cash? (Who Was) by Jim Gigliotti

Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood

Rock Legends Who Changed the World by Ashley Marie Mireles

Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma by Joanna Ho