World Music Day -- June 21st

 Did you know that June 21st is World Music Day?  Celebrate by reading one of these chapter books stories about music . . . .

Welcome to Starvation Lake by Gloria Whelan

When a tire fire causes a punk rock band to take a detour to Starvation Lake, the fourth-grade students talk them into playing at the school fund raiser.

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

When Chester, a very musical cricket, visits New York, he brings business to Mario's newsstand.

The First Rule of Punk by Celia Perez

María Luisa O'Neill-Morales starts seventh grade with a bang -- spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.

More Books --

Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

Duet by Elise Broach

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Gentle's Holler by Kerry Madden

The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements

Mrs. Bacon is Fakin' by Dan Gutman

The Show Must Go On by Tina Wells

Simon B. Rhymin' by Dwayne Reed

The Singing Rock by Nathaniel Luchenmeyer

Upstaged by Diana Harmon Asher

If You Like the Warriors series by Erin Hunter

The Warriors series by Erin Hunter is one of the more popular series for children.  But what should you read next?  Try one of these series . . . .

Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky

When Soren, a barn owl, arrives at St. Aggie's, a school for orphaned owls, he suspects trouble and with his new friend, a clever elf owl named Gylfie, embarks on a perilous journey to save all owls from the danger at St. Aggie's.

Endling series by Katherine Applegate

After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true. 

Spirit Animals series by various authors

As a dark force engulfs the land, the fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of four young strangers who each have forged a rare bond with their spirit beasts -- a bond that gives great powers to all of them.

More Series --

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

The Erth Dragons by Chris D'Lacey

Longburrow by Kieran Larwood

The Lost Rainforest by Eliot Schrefer

Mouseheart by Lisa Fiedler

The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

Wings of Fire by Tai Sutherland