Dancing hands : how Teresa Carreno played the piano for President Lincoln by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019)

BTSB #: 311492 Available

Dewey: 786.2092/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.5 LG RC: 11.9 3-5 Lexile: 1260 NC F&P: P

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Subjects: Carreno, Teresa,|d1853-1917 Lincoln, Abraham,|d1809-1865 Pianists - United States - Biography Gifted children - Biography United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Biography

Summary: The story of Teresa Carreno, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.

Manos que bailan : como Teresa Carreno toco el piano para el Presidente Lincoln by Engle, Margarita 

PaperbackSPANISH(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 311495 Available

Dewey: 786.2092/BAges: 4-8   


Genres:

Subjects: Carreno, Teresa,|d1853-1917 Lincoln, Abraham,|d1809-1865 Pianists - United States - Biography Gifted children - Biography Spanish language - Reading materials United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Biography

Summary: The story of Teresa Carreno, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln. In Spanish.

Mary's idea by Raschka, Christopher 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 739789 Available

Dewey: 781.6509/BAges: 4-8   


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Subjects: Williams, Mary Lou,|d1910-1981 Women jazz musicians - United States - Biography African American jazz musicians - Biography Jazz musicians - United States - Biography Pianists - United States - Biography Composers - United States - Biography

Summary: A picture book biography of Mary Lou Williams, an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote hundreds of compositions, recorded hundreds of songs, and wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman.

Song in a rainstorm : the story of musical prodigy Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins by Armand, Glenda 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2021)

BTSB #: 068476 Available

Dewey: 786.2092/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 770 AD

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Subjects: Blind Tom,|d1849-1908 Pianists - United States - Biography Composers - United States - Biography Blind musicians - United States - Biography African American musicians - United States - Biography Musicians - United States - Biography

Summary: Born blind into a life of slavery, Thomas Wiggins was dismissed as a "useless burden." But through the loving protection of his family, he went on to become one of the greatest musicians of his time.