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1) The Haters
Author
Language
English
Description
A road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Soho, London, 1967. Folk-rock-psychedelic quartet Utopia Avenue is formed. Guitarist Jasper de Zoet, a shy, half-Dutch public-school musical prodigy, was hearing voices long before he dropped acid. Keyboardist Elf Holloway must defy the prejudices of her bank manager father, her housewife mother, and her age to forge her own career. Bassist Dean Moss cannot, will not, spend his life on the factory floor like everyone else in Gravesend. Band manager...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Formats
Description
There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school--you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú (María Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better...
Author
Series
Olivia books (Ian Falconer) volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color), music ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Olivia learns that there will be no band at the evening's fireworks display, she decides to form one of her own, with herself as the only musician and some rather unusual instruments.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"The band is assembled and the band director is ready to tell you all about the instruments, but an enthusiastic little drummer girl keeps interrupting"--
Author
Series
Major eights volume 5
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Just before a big show, Jasmine breaks her arm causing the Major Eights to ask Leslie to stand in, but Jasmine worries the band will like Leslie better.
9) Starstruck
Author
Series
Major eights volume 4
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Becca finds out about her school's free throw competition, she is ready to put her basketball skills to the test! And if she wins, she'll get to meet her favorite basketball player! But after a series of bad practices, her nerves start to get the best of her. Can the Major Eights help Becca regain her confidence and meet her hero?"--
Author
Series
Major eights volume 1
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
93 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Keyboardist Jasmine, age eight, tries to convince her bandmates, Maggie, Becca, and Scarlet, to prove themselves in a Battle of the Bands competition, despite their poor equipment.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Hugo the dog becomes the star of an all-animal band after learning to play his best friend Hector's fiddle, and despite Hector's jealousy, remains grateful to the man who gave him his start.
Author
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
263 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Scout joins her middle school's band in order to go on the band's annual trip and meet her favorite author, but she is forced to face the music when the trombone section leader realizes Scout does not know how to play.
Author
Series
Major eights volume 3
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
97 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unless Maggie and her partner can do well on their science fair project, she will not be allowed to perform with the Major Eights at the banquet. Includes directions for making goo.
Author
Series
Major eights volume 2
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
The fame the Major Eights experience after the Battle of the Bands competition goes to Scarlet's head and she signs up for the school's talent show as a solo artist.
Author
Series
Major eights volume 6
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Major Eights enter a competition at Center Stage Caf©♭ but Scarlet is distracted, both by a mean new singer in a rival band and by an unsigned valentine."--
Author
Series
Pizza and Taco volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
58 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Pizza and Taco have decided to start a band, now all they need is to find some instruments, bandmates, and write a song or two"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
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Description
After school orchestra practice, young Nic carries his double bass through rough neighborhoods to his grandfather's home, where he and Grandaddy Nic play jazz music with friends, delighting the neighbors.
19) Rocking the tide
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A guitar-playing fish and his friends in a band called the Fry are eager to perform in a school concert but they all have the jitters, afraid something will go wrong.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 80 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A vibrant chronicle of one of today's most notorious and revered live bands, this film follows Eugene Hutz's gypsy-punk brigade around the world as they spread their liberating libertine musical gospel. Hutz fuses his gypsy heritage with a love of punk rock and burlesque.
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