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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.

Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo

Monica Brown

Rafael López

This lively bilingual biography introduces Tito Puente through rhythm, performance, and the joy of making people dance.

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Trombone Shorty

Troy Andrews

Bryan Collier

Troy Andrews's New Orleans childhood comes alive through brass bands, practice, and neighborhood sound.

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Leo Loves Baby Time

Anna McQuinn

Ruth Hearson

Leo and his dad head to a baby program where songs, books, and play build routine and joy.

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Drum Dream Girl

Margarita Engle

Rafael López

Based on a true story, a girl in Cuba persists in pursuing drumming despite rules that say girls should stay silent.

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Mi Ciudad Sings

Cynthia Harmony

Teresa Martinez

As a city recovers after an earthquake, one boy listens for the sounds of rebuilding and hope around him.

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La Madre Goose

Susan Middleton Elya

Juana Martinez-Neal

Mother Goose rhymes get remixed with Spanish vocabulary, playful rhythm, and bright family-centered scenes.

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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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