Natsumi is eager to join in the Japanese arts festival in her town, but her exuberance is too much for many of the traditional arts. This is a sweet character study and an affirming title for kids who can’t resist playing music “all day long.” 3. She played alone until finally finding others to play with who were just like her. Violet knew she was a musician her entire life. Violet’s Music by Angela Johnson (PreK-1) Also, check out the companion title We Are Music. Find tons of inspiration for your own “Music is…” writing and art prompts. This deceptively simple board book packs so much musical vocabulary for kids. We only recommend items our team loves!) 1. (Just a heads up, WeAreTeachers may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. This diverse list of our favorite music books for kids has a little something for everyone. Besides teaching them about musical genres, famous musicians, and instruments, music also provides opportunities to connect with different cultures, experience feelings and emotions, and bring history to life. Beyond being a mother and an author, I work as a Social Emotional Learning Interventionist at the Arts and Communications Academy in Benton Harbor, Michigan.There’s something magical about exploring music with children. When I’m not writing-and even when I am writing-I am kept busy by my five amazing children, who always give me plenty of story ideas and background noise to write to. I also won the 2017 Lee and Low New Voices Honor Award and have a picture book, The Electric Slide and Kai, coming out in September 2020. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero is my debut middle grade novel, set for an August 2020 release. However, everything changed in 2015, when I won the We Need Diverse Books short story contest with The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn. As a result of my work in an urban school district, I felt compelled to continue Isaiah’s story. Writing takes passion and commitment I did it for years just for the love of it. Reading voraciously (which means a WHOLE lot) helped enhance my ability to craft my own stories. I’ve since added Sonya Sones, Meg Medina, Angie Thomas, Matt de la Pena, and Kwame Alexander to this list. Sobol, Jacqueline Woodson, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, and Christopher Paul Curtis. Taylor, Walter Dean Myers, Richard Peck, Donald J. My favorite authors growing up were Mildred D. As soon as we got home, I started writing my own copy-cat version of the play.still have that copy today! When I was about eight or nine, my mother took us to see a small-town production of the play A Raisin In The Sun. This was a transformative moment for me because I was captivated by seeing the written word come to life on stage. I have been writing since.well, since I learned how to write! I started with notes and letters to my parents, then poems and short stories.
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