First published anonymously in 1872, "Under the Greenwood Tree" is Thomas Hardy's story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. A pleasant romantic tale set in the Victorian era, "Under the Greenwood Tree" is the first of Hardy's "Wessex" novels and is one of his most gentle and pastoral stories. Dick falls in love with the beautiful and talented Fancy the moment he meets...

"A storyteller "of great humanity and huge heart" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with Peace Like a River which sold over a million copies and captured readers' hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author's accomplished, resonant body of work. Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient...

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the roots of jazz music.

Recounts the connected stories of people from the past and the distant future, from a nineteenth-century notary and an investigative journalist in the 1970s to a young man who searches for meaning in a post-apocalyptic world.

When boring Mr. Loring retires, A.J.'s class gets a new music teacher who raps, break-dances, and thinks he has what it takes to become a famous musician.

A Library Journal Best Book of the Year. I was almost born Happy . . . So begins The Spanish Bow and the remarkable history of Feliu Delargo, who just misses being 'Feliz' by a misunderstanding at his birth-which he barely survives. The bequest of a cello bow sets Feliu on the course of becoming a musician, an unlikely destiny given his beginnings in a dusty village in Catalonia. When he is compelled to flee to anarchist Barcelona, his education...

Francine starts a rock band, hoping it will focus on music rather than money and fame.

After a German miner is forced into early retirement he falls into a monotonous routine until he comes across Cajun zydeco music on the radio. His friends send him to the United States as a representative at a German folk festival, and he visits Louisiana for an adventure of a lifetime.

With Princess Courtney at Camp Pop and the famous rock star, Erika, at Camp Royalty due to a mix-up, the two girls must come together for an epic sing-off when they learn that both camps are in danger of shutting down.

A road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band.