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