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What Is Rock and Roll? (What Was?)

What Is Rock and Roll?
(What Was?)

Author

Jim O'Connor

Illustrator

Gregory Copeland

Publication Date

August 22, 2017

Genre / Grade Band

Non-fiction / 4^th − 5^th

Paperback

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Description

O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through famous musicians and groups, and shows how rock influences fashion, language, and lifestyle. Includes 16 pages of black-and-white photos. Illustrations.

Publication date

August 22, 2017

Classification

Non-fiction

Page Count

ISBN-13

9780451533814

Lexile Measure

940

Guided Reading Level

Publisher

Penguin Workshop

Series

What Was?

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

History and criticism
Rock music

Jim O'Connor

Jim O'Connor is a children's author. His books include Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball, Let's Hear it for the Shrumps!, The Puck Stops Here!, The Ghost in Tent 19, Call Me Gretzky, and many books in the popular Who Was? series.

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