La Porte County Public Library System

A family of bears experiences America in an illustrated version of the classic song "God Bless America." Also includes an audio CD.

Outsider musicians can be the product of damaged DNA, alien abduction, drug fry, demonic possession, or simply sheer obliviousness. This book profiles dozens of outsider musicians, both prominent and obscure figures such as The Shaggs, Syd Barrett, Tiny Tim, Jandek, Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston, Harry Partch, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy and presents their strange life stories along with photographs, interviews, cartoons, and discographies....

This book defines Latin music and includes information on its instruments and legends and suggested activities to experience Latin music first hand.

This book defines rock music and includes information on its instruments and musicians and suggested activities on experiencing rock music first hand.

This book defines classical music and includes information on its instruments and well-known compositions and artists and suggested activities to experience classical music first hand.

Presents blues lyrics that chronicle the history of the African-American experience, and includes information about the development of blues music.

To escape an abusive master, a junkyard dog named Flats runs away and makes a name for himself from Mississippi to New York City playing blues on his guitar.

Traces the history of heavy metal music over the course of thirty years from the rise of Black Sabbath into the twenty-first century, based on interviews with over one hundred bands including Metallica, Slayer, and W.A.S.P. and including a time line, photographs, and a list of twenty-five heavy metal classics.