Ruby Sisson Library

Ruby's loud voice annoys everyone around her, until she learns to control her volume with the help of her new jazz musician friends.

Did you sing "I've been working on the railroad" as a kid? Now this gives you a fun way to sing to your child as you enjoy her illustrations of a train trip from the city station through the 'burbs, farmland, and desert to Dinah's Cafe.

Determined that their daughter realize her musical destiny, her poor but devoted parents send her away as a baby to the Venetian "ospedale," knowing she will be raised as an orphan and will never again be allowed to return home.

"The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he receives for continuing to crow. The silenced populace, invigorated by the rooster's bravery, ousts the tyrannical mayor and returns their city to its free and clamorous state"--

Family members compose verses to the folk song "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" to describe an expected visitor.

Mason Dixon is his usual pessimistic self as he starts fourth grade, dreading joining the school choir and unenthused about his sports-obsessed teacher who plans for the students to be "making a full-court press on writing."

Rosa's grandfather sings wherever he is, whether at the park, in the hospital, or at the seaside, and he teaches her to sing to overcome fear of the dark.

Itty must figure out why the mermaids of Lollyland have stopped singing

"The stunning sequel to Maria Dahvana Headley's critically acclaimed Magonia tells the story of one girl who must make an impossible choice between two families, two homes--and two versions of herself. Aza Ray is back on earth. Her boyfriend, Jason, is overjoyed. Her family is healed. She's living a normal life, or as normal as it can be if you've spent the past year dying, waking up on a sky ship, and discovering that your song can change the world....

Kylie Jean Carter plans to sing in the annual Fourth of July Jubilee talent show.