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