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Browse music picture books about rhythm, performance, listening, and creative expression. These books work well for read-alouds that connect story to sound, movement, family tradition, and artistic joy.

Firebird

Misty Copeland

Christopher Myers

A young dancer hears encouragement from Misty Copeland in a soaring ode to discipline and artistic becoming.

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Freedom in Congo Square

Carole Boston Weatherford

R. Gregory Christie

This lyrical historical picture book centers the weekly gathering place where enslaved Africans in New Orleans sustained culture and community.

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Hoop Queens

Charles R. Smith Jr.

Frank Morrison

Poetic text and motion-filled art celebrate girls and women who own the basketball court.

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Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

Shannon Stocker

Devon Holzwarth

A picture-book biography about a deaf musician who reimagined how listening and percussion could work.

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