A friendly and inspiring introduction to music history, telling the stories of the world's greatest musicians from Bach to Beyonce.

The Story of Music begins with the early drums and flutes of our ancestors, which date back to the last icea age, through to the modern day. Mick Manning and Brita Granstroem take your on a tour of their personally selected music library which showcases the work of some of the world's most famous artists and few a less well-known ones. The musicians featured include Vivaldi, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Chuck Berry; Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Blondie, Grandmaster Flash, Nicki Minaj, Beyonce as well as Bjork and Kraftwerk. The friendly text and illustrations help children to appreciate the music, highlighting interesting biographical details and picking out key details to spot. The book's large format means the music artwork is reproduced on a wonderfully impactful scale. This really is a book to give and treasure.

The creative team of Mick Manning and Brita Granstroem are well-known for their ground breaking children's information books. Their many awards range the TES Information Book Award for What's Under the Bed? and the English Association Non-fiction award for Charlie's War Illustrated.
 
 
Contents: 
1: Our Story Begins ...
2: Folk Music
3: Sacred Voices
4: Composed for the Court
5: Concerts, Choirs and Dances
6: Symphonic Sounds
7: A Visit to the Opera
8: From the Classical to the Romantic
9: The Pride of Nations
10: Sing-along Songs
11: Dancing at the Ballet
12: All That Jazz
13: Singing the Blues
14: The Musical
15: Music for the Movies
16: Hit Songs and Singers
17: Country Styles
18: Latin American Rhythms
19: The Music of South America and
20: Rock 'n' Roll
21: Soul Music
22: Ska and Reggae
23: Beat Music and The Beatles
24: Songs of Protest
25: Indian Music
26: Are You Ready to Rock?
27: Electronic, Ambient and Techno
28: Psychedelic and Prog Rock
29: Pop Music
30: Funk
31: Glam Rock
32: Disco Moves
33: Heavy Metal
34: World Music
35: Modern Classical
36: Punk Rock
37: Rap and Hip-hop
38: Indie Music
39: Girl Groups, Boy Bands and K-Pop
40: 21st-century Pop Music
41: Freestyle
42: Glossary
43: Index