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81) The cobra's song
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
When ten-year-old Indian American Geetanjali, part of a family of classical Hindustani music singers, believes her neighbor has become an ichchaadari naagin, a cobra that can turn human, she must overcome her fears and harness the power of her voice before the naagin changes the whole town into snakes.
Author
Series
World of Emily Windsnap volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Emily Windsnap's best friend, Shona Silkfin, is a mermaid who loves to sing . . . but only when she is by herself. So when Shiprock School announces a talent show whose winner will have the honor of meeting King Neptune, everyone is excited to perform--except Shona, who is too nervous to sign up. But when Emily overhears her friend singing, she's amazed by Shona's beautiful voice. With Emily's encouragement, Shona decides to enter the talent show--and...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
While Mr. Schuester and most of the members of the Glee Club plan to help kids in summer music camp, Rachel has some unusual experiences of her own fulfilling her ambitions to be a star, but she's not sure if they're real or the result of a dream.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Adopted by white parents and sent to an exclusive Connecticut girls' school where she is the only black student, fourteen-year-old Lahni Schuler feels like an outcast, particularly when her parents separate, but after attending a local church where she hears gospel music for the first time, she finds her voice. Lahni Schuler is the only black student at her private prep school. She's also the adopted child of two loving, but white, parents who are...
86) Brundibar
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Aninku and Pepicek find their mother sick one morning, and they need to buy her milk to make her better. The brother and sister go to town to make money by singing. But a hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, chases them away. They are helped by three talking animals and three hundred schoolchildren to defeat the bully. Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As he walks down the street, Pete the cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.
Pete se ha comprado unos preciosos zapatos blancos pero en su paseo encuentra diferentes obstáculos que tiñen sus zapatos de muchos colores. Pero él no pierde nunca el buen humor y canta su canción en inglés & siempre.
Author
Series
Anna Hibiscus (Early chapter books) volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Anna Hibiscus loves singing to her two baby brothers, Double and Trouble. But when she is chosen to sing for her school in front of the president, her throat runs dry and her bones turn to stone. Can Double and Trouble save her?
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Little does Bear know, when he emerges from his winter sleep, that he's about meet a special someone who will change his life forever. If he had slept another second, he would have missed the moment -- THE moment -- in a day that started everything. Bird flits and flies from here to there while Bear watches, entranced. And, all the while, Bird sings -- she can even sing upside down! When Bear learns that Bird is practicing to perform in an opera...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"When Peg and Cat encounter hungry pirates by the seashore, they've got to think fast. Pirates get cranky when they're hungry, and when pirates are cranky, they sing -- really badly! To spare their ears, Peg and Cat must make sure each pirate gets his fair share of fruit -- the same amount for everyone. And when a sneaky monkey steals a few peaches, Peg and Cat have to divide the fruit up all over again. Will they be able to give everyone an equal...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Written by first-generation Latinx teens, this bilingual book - told in Spanish and English - follows Belinda, a young girl of Mexican and Salvadoran heritage who once loved to sing. But ever since her aunt's death, Belinda has been afraid to use her voice. When a new owner decides to paint over the mural that was created to honor her aunt, Belinda rallies the entire community together to stop it. Can Belinda lead her community and lift her voice...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"This Step into Reading collection features five American Girl leveled readers, including Freedom for Addy, Kaya Rides to the Rescue, Melody Lifts her Voice, Molly's Christmas Surprise, and Samantha Helps a Friend. With exciting, inspiring stories about girls who faced big challenges with bravery and determination, this book is the perfect gift for young readers ages 4 to 7. The stories cover a range of settings and topics, including finding freedom...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Gomer is not your typical Amish woman.
On the outside, Gomer seems like a lovely, sweet, young Amish woman, but she's hiding a scandalous secret.
Gomer was created to sing. Most of all, she loves to sing on stage for the audience--she loves the applause, the lights, and the performance--but her Amish community forbids it.
So, she sneaks out at night to sing in downtown bars, lying to her entire community while leading a double life.
Hosea hears...