InfoGuides: One Book One Community 2023: The Blues: For Teens

Just For Teens

Check out the Just For Teens InfoGuide for the latest in teen reads, crafts, gaming, writing, and music!

Enroll in free Gale Courses like "Introduction to Guitars" , "Music Made Easy" and "Listen to your Heart and Success Will Follow" !

Download music for free with your library card at Freegal!

Use some of these Creative Writing Journal Prompts to get the creativity flowing!

2023 Programming for Teens and 20somethings

Saturday, April 1 at 2:30 p.m. , Jones Creek Branch

Have a chill afternoon listening to music while you upcycle a CD by painting with aesthetic designs.

Monday, April 3 at 4 p.m. , Fairwood Branch

Saxophone Splatter

Wednesday, April 12 at 4 p.m. , Greenwell Springs Branch

Guitar Pick Keychain

Wednesday, April 19 at 4 p.m. , Greenwell Springs Branch

Sheet Music Bracelet

Freedom Song by Mary C. Turck
Call Number: YA 323.119 T932f
ISBN: 9781556527739
Publication Date: 2008-12-01
Melding memorable music and inspiring history, Freedom Song presents a fresh perspective on the civil rights movement by showing how songs of hope, faith, and freedom strengthened the movement and served as its voice.
Music by Nicholas O'Neill; Susan Hayes; Ruby Taylor (Illustrator)
Call Number: YA 780.9 O587m
ISBN: 1999967941
Publication Date: 2020-11-03
Follow this unique 8-foot long fold-out timeline through a celebration of the history of music all around the world, while listening along to the accompanying Spotify playlist!
From Ragtime to Hip-Hop by Adam Woog
Call Number: YA 781.64 W912.5f
ISBN: 9781590189788
Publication Date: 2006-12-28
The History of Jazz by Sandy Asirvatham
Call Number: YA 781.65 A833h
ISBN: 0791072657
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
A look at the history of jazz music, from its origins to the present time, including the musicians involved in creating that history.
Rhythm Ride by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Call Number: YA 781.644 P655r
ISBN: 9781596439733
Publication Date: 2015-09-29
A narrative history of the Motown music label covering the historical context, personalities, and ongoing legacy of the "sound of young America.
American Life and Music from Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga by Mark Mussari
Call Number: YA 781.6409 M989m
ISBN: 9781608709229
Publication Date: 2013-08-16
Provides a comprehensive look at the history of popular music in America
With a Banjo on My Knee by Rex M. Ellis
Call Number: YA 787.88 E47w
ISBN: 0531117472
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Traces the evolution of the banjo within the African-American community from slavery through emancipation, minstrelsy, segregation, and civil rights, and includes portraits of performers.
Solo by Kwame Alexander; Mary Rand Hess
Call Number: YA Alexander, Kwame
ISBN: 9780310761839
Publication Date: 2075-12-31
Blade is seventeen. He endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
Famous by Simone Bryant
Call Number: YA Bryant, Simone
ISBN: 9780373534302
Publication Date: 2010-12-28
Starr, Dionne ,and Marisol pursue an ambition to become a famous music group, a dream that is compromised by charismatic Starr's lack of singing talent and her friends' decision to replace her with arch-rival Natalie.
Diamond by Victoria Christopher Murray
Call Number: YA Murray, Victoria
ISBN: 9781416562160
Publication Date: 2008-03-18
In Los Angeles, California, four fifteen-year-old best friends, Diamond, Aaliya, Veronique, and India, form a gospel singing group in order to compete in a talent contest that could take them all the way to New York City and a quarter of a million dollar prize.
Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Call Number: YA Ryan, Pam
ISBN: 9780439874021
Publication Date: 2015-02-24
Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: YA Williams-Garcia, Rita
ISBN: 9780062215918
Publication Date: 2017-05-09
Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live.
After Tupac and d Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: YA Woodson, Jacqueline
ISBN: 9780399246548
Publication Date: 2008-01-10
In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live.