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NONFICTION BOOKS:
PICTURE BOOKS
Swing Sisters: The Story of the International
Sweethearts of Rhythm by Karen Beans The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist
Reading Level: R Ernest Everett Just by Melina Mangal
Genre: history, biography, music Reading Level: R
Format: Picture book Genre: history, biography, science
Description: The rhythmic text and exuberant Format: Picture book
illustrations celebrate these courageous Description: Ernest Everett Just was not like
musicians who chipped away at racist and sexist other scientists of his time. He saw the
barriers. whole, where others saw only parts.
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos by Monica
Russell-Brown Brown
Reading Level: Q Reading Level: Q
Genre: history, biography, music Genre: biography, history
Format: Picture book Format: Picture book
Description: At age seven, Melba Doretta Liston fell Description: Frida Kahlo and Her
in love with a big, shiny trombone. Her extraordinary Animalitos is based on the life of Frida
gift for music led her to the world of jazz. Kahlo and the animals that inspired her art
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