{"product_id":"little-rosetta-and-the-talking-guitar","title":"Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA picture-book biography of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the woman who invented rock and roll—a warm, inspiring tale of a childhood filled with music, community, and a drive to succeed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Music is the heart of our story,\" says Momma to young Rosetta, surprising her with her first guitar. Rosetta's strums sound like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eker-plunk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003es. But with practice and determination, she makes music, fingers hopping \"like corn in a kettle,\" notes pouring over the church crowd \"like summer rain washing the dust off a new day.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this stunning picture book, author and illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow imagines the childhood of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, whose rural roots inspired the music we still hear today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoung readers will see a child's dream become reality through hard work and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e perseverance. And they'll learn the overlooked story of a pioneering Black artist, whose contribution to music history is only now being discovered.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Doubleday Books For Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608248295471,"sku":"","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/7477\/5087\/products\/9780593571064.jpg?v=1679671130","url":"https:\/\/storytellersandco.myshopify.com\/products\/little-rosetta-and-the-talking-guitar","provider":"Storytellers \u0026 Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}