Further Reading Book List for Inspiring Artists and Musicians
Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
Additional Artists
- Georgia O'Keeffe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
- Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors by Jane O'Connor
- Henri's Scissors by Jeanette Winter
- Keith Haring, The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by Kay A. Haring
- Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood by Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell
- Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington by Michelle Markel
- Vincent's Colors by Vincent van Gogh
- Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity by Sarah Suzuki
Additional Dancers
- Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina by Carmen Bernier-Grand (590L)
- Boys Dance! by American Ballet Theatre
- Boys Dancing: From School Gym to Theater Stage by George Ancona
- Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen, Kadir Nelson (720L)
- Bunheads by Misty Copeland
- Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen, Kadir Nelson
- Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder
Additional Musicians
- A Band of Angels by Deborah Hopkinson
- A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found her Voice by Nadia Hohn
- A Voice Named Aretha by Katheryn Russell-Brown
- Becoming Bach by Tom Leonard
- Carlos Santana: Sound of the Heart, Song of the World by Gary Golio
- Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers
- Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle
- Dizzy by Jonah Winter
- Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle
- Ellington was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange, Kadir Nelson
- Elvis: The Story of the Rock and Roll King by Bonnie Christensen
- Fab Four Friends: The Boys Who Became the Beatles by Susanna Reich, Adam Gustavson
- How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz by Jonah Winter
- Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Tito Puente by Monica Brown (AD620L)
- Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss
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