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Little Rosetta and the talking guitar : the musical story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the woman who invented rock and roll  Cover Image Book Book

Little Rosetta and the talking guitar : the musical story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the woman who invented rock and roll / written and illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.

Pinkney Barlow, Charnelle, (author,, illustrator.).

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."-- Front jacket flap.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780593571064
  • ISBN: 0593571061
  • ISBN: 9780593571071
  • ISBN: 059357107X
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]

Contents / Notes

Target Audience Note:
Ages 4-7 Doubleday Books for Young Readers.
Subject: Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 > Juvenile literature.
African American women musicians > Juvenile literature.
African American women > 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.
Picture books for children.
Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973.
Guitaristes > ?tats-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Musiciens gospel > ?tats-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Genre: Biographies.
Biographies.
Creative nonfiction.
Picture books.
Livres d'images.

Currently available copies

  • 23 / 27 copies available at PINES

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Azalea Regional Library System:
      Greene County Public Library
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Azalea Regional Library System:
      Walnut Grove Library
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Clayton County Library System:
      Forest Park Branch
J 787.871 THARPE, ROSETTA
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Clayton County Library System:
      Morrow Branch
J 787.871 THARPE, ROSETTA
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Conyers-Rockdale Library System:
      Nancy Guinn Memorial Library
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Dougherty County Public Library:
      Westtown Branch
JB THARPE BARLOW, CHARNELL P
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Flint River Regional Library System:
      Fayette County Public Library
J 921 THARPE
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Flint River Regional Library System:
      Griffin-Spalding County Library
J 921 THARPE
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Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library:
      Columbia County Library
EB Tharpe
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Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library:
      Lincoln County Library
EB Tharpe
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31100000429093 Children's Nonfiction Available
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