Rock, Rosetta, rock! Roll, Rosetta, roll! : presenting sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll / written by Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.

"Before there was Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The godmother of rock & roll started as a little girl from Arkansas with music in her air, in her hair, in her bones, wiggling her toes. With a big guitar in hand and a big voice in her soul, she...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bolden, Tonya (Author)
Other Authors: Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
Edition:First edition.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Tharpe, Rosetta, > 1915-1973 > Juvenile literature.
African American women musicians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Blues musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Rock musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Guitarists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Arkansas > Juvenile literature.
Gospel musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Gospel singers > Juvenile literature.
Women singers > Juvenile literature.
Rock music > History > Juvenile literature.
Picture books for children.
Tharpe, Rosetta, > 1915-1973.
Musiciennes noires américaines > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Musiciens rock > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Guitaristes > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Noires américaines > Arkansas > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Musiciens gospel > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Chanteurs de gospel > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Chanteuses > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Rock (Musique) > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Livres d'images pour enfants.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Music.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black.
African American women.
Blues musicians.
Gospel singers.
Rock music.
Women singers.
Arkansas.
United States.
Picture books.
Biographies.
Creative nonfiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Essais fictionnels.
Livres d'images.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Biographies
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Picture books for children.
Picture books.
Biographies.
Creative nonfiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Essais fictionnels.
Livres d'images.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Variant Title:
Rock, Rosetta, rock!
Roll, Rosetta, roll!
Rock and roll Rosetta
Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll
Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock and roll
Format: Book

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