Little Rosetta and the talking guitar : the musical story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the woman who invented rock and roll
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Audience
Ages 4-7 Doubleday Books for Young Readers.
Summary
"Decades before Elvis Presley was dubbed the King of Rock and Roll, before Billy Haley played 'Rock Around the Clock,' and before the Beatles revolutionized popular music, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a Black guitar player from Cotton Plant, Arksansas."--
Subjects
- Women guitarists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women blues musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American women rock musicians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Guitarists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Gospel musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Blues musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Rock music > History > Juvenile literature.
- African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Picture books for children.
- Guitarists > United States > Biography.
- Gospel musicians > United States > Biography.
- Blues musicians > United States > Biography.
- Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 > Juvenile literature.
- Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973.