Reference, Special Needs

Illustrations and clear explanations of the science of sounds.

How they are made and the history of pan drums.

by Alice M. Hammel and Ryan M. Hourigan. Structuring class experiences and creating effective team-teaching strategies.

​This fascinating novel by Nicolas Bazan, M.D. set in the jazz world of New Orleans, explores music and memory.

Packs a wealth of material into little space and does it in an attractive, colorful, useful format. 

My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

by Helen Colijn.  Music overcame despair for the women imprisoned on Japanese-held Sumatra for over 3 years in WWII.

Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with Music by Don Campbell.

Did you know you can "see" with sound?—an intro to bioacoustics and the music of nature for ages 9 and up.

Compiled & edited by Marshall Bowden with caricatures by Mike Rooth

compiled by Stephen & Nancy Tanner. 

 Patricia Shehan Campbell.

Gerald Klickstein

A fast-paced revel of insights and oddities by Stuart Issacoff.

Autobiography of Li Cunxin, dancer from the Bejing  Dance  Academy during the Cultural Revolution in China.

Written with wit by a former NY Times music critic, with the useful addition of  a Naxos website of 500 listening examples.