Best music biographies books for children

Children love stories about enchanted lands full of magical beings. Nothing transports us to enchanted lands quite as powerfully as music does.

Best music biographies books for children to read

Here’s a list of 10 recent children’s picture books that feature characters – some real, some invented – whose lives were forever changed by music’s power to bring us together, give us courage and inspire us to be our best selves.

The picture books below explore powerful stories of surmounting obstacles creatively through music. A composer writes a symphony for a school orchestra of broken instruments and helps galvanize an entire community to get the instruments fixed.

A gifted young Jewish pianist finds a way to cultivate her talent amid the devastation of World War II. A single song becomes an anthem of freedom and hope for generations of African Americans.

The books also show how music has helped people from diverse backgrounds find their unique voices. A young frog marches to the beat of