Candidly Cline by Ormsbee, Kathryn 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2021)

BTSB #: 691806 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Singers - Fiction Country music - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Grandmothers - Fiction Lesbians - Fiction Alzheimer's disease - Fiction Paris (Ky.) - Fiction

Summary: Cline Alden's grandmother says that music is in the family's blood, but Cline's mother is dead-set against her daughter's dreams of becoming a country music singer; Cline is determined to find the money to attend a Young Singer-Songwriter Workshop in Lexington, so now she has a lot on her mind--she is hiding things from her mother, she is losing her beloved grandmother to Alzheimer's, and she has begun to acknowledge, to herself at least, that she is more attracted to girls than boys.

Dolly Parton's Billy the Kid makes it big by Parton, Dolly 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2023)

BTSB #: 702400 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
Lexile: 540 F&P: M

Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: French bulldogs - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Country music - Fiction Contests - Fiction Bullies - Fiction

Summary: French bulldog Billy the Kid was born with an ear for music. And not just any music. He loves barking to the beat of country music! So Billy sets out to Nashville to sing his heart out. But when he meets some big bullies at the Battle of the Bow-wows, Billy worries he's barking up the wrong tree. He'll need his favorite songs, a group of scrappy new friends, and his favorite country music star to regain self-confidence and be the star he always knew he could be.