Hip Hop Speaks to Children with CD
Author: Nikki Giovanni
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Published: 2008-10
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than 50 poems and an accompanying CD introduce poetry with a beat.
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When the Beat Was Born
Author: Laban Carrick Hill
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2013-08-27
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1466844795
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBefore there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaks—the musical interludes between verses—longer for dancing. He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is When the Beat Was Born. From his childhood in Jamaica to his youth in the Bronx, Laban Carrick Hill's book tells how Kool Herc came to be a DJ, how kids in gangs stopped fighting in order to breakdance, and how the music he invented went on to define a culture and transform the world.
Boogie Boogie, Y'all
Author: C.G. Esperanza
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2021-08-10
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 0063089386
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor-illustrator C. G. Esperanza delivers a celebratory ode to graffiti and the Boogie Down Bronx through an infectious read-aloud beat and colorful illustrations that leap right off the page! Perfect for fans of Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut and Keith Haring. An NPR Best Book of the Year, ALSC Notable Children's Book of the Year, Odyssey Award winner, Pura Belpré Honor Award winner, New York City Book Award winner, and Audie Award finalist! The city is alive with vibrant art in every corner of the parks, the shops, the trains. But most people are too busy to see it—or worse, choose to ignore it! When three children stop to marvel at the art around their community, they realize it’s up to them to show everyone else how truly special it is when art and reality dance together so seamlessly. Boogie boogie, y’all. The city boogied all day. Busy, busy, busy, Till one kid stopped to say, Woah, woah, woah! Look at the art on the wall!
You Can Do Anything
Author: Akala
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781610676830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHip and Hop is a series of transformative picture books about an irresistible pair of friends: Hip, a wise and cool hippo, and Hop, his excitable bird friend. Through the course of the stories they rap and dance, helping to coach the reader through typical preschool problems. In You Can do Anything! Hip raps inspirational, positive messages that inspire Hop to overcome the difficulties of learning to ride a bike and achieve his dream of taking part in a race:
Rap Dad
Author: Juan Vidal
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2020-03-17
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1501169408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis timely reflection on male identity in America that explores the intersection of fatherhood, race, and hip-hop culture “is a page-turner…drenched in history and encompasses the energy, fire, and passion that is hip-hop” (D. Watkins, New York Times bestselling author). Just as his music career was taking off, Juan Vidal received life-changing news: he’d soon be a father. Throughout his life, neglectful men were the norm—his own dad struggled with drug addiction and infidelity—a cycle that, inevitably, wrought Vidal with insecurity. At age twenty-six, with barely a grip on life, what lessons could he possibly offer a kid? Determined to alter the course for his child, Vidal did what he’d always done when confronted with life’s challenges—he turned to the counterculture. In Rap Dad, the musician-turned-journalist takes a thoughtful and inventive approach to exploring identity and examining how today’s society views fatherhood. To root out the source of his fears around parenting, Vidal revisits the flash points of his juvenescence, a feat that transports him, a first-generation American born to Colombian parents, back to the drug-fueled streets of 1980s–90s Miami. It’s during those pivotal years that he’s drawn to skateboarding, graffiti, and the music of rebellion: hip-hop. As he looks to the past for answers, he infuses his personal story with rap lyrics and interviews with some of pop culture’s most compelling voices—plenty of whom have proven to be some of society’s best, albeit nontraditional, dads. Along the way, Vidal confronts the unfair stereotypes that taint urban men—especially Black and Latino men. “A heartfelt examination of the damage that wayward fathers can leave in their wake” (The Washington Post), Rap Dad is “rich with symbolism…a poetic chronicle of beats, rhymes, and life” (NPR).
The Hip-Hop Generation
Author: Bakari Kitwana
Publisher: Civitas Books
Published: 2008-08-05
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0786724935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Hip Hop Generation is an eloquent testament for black youth culture at the turn of the century. The only in-depth study of the first generation to grow up in post-segregation America, it combines culture and politics into a pivotal work in American studies. Bakari Kitwana, one of black America's sharpest young critics, offers a sobering look at this generation's disproportionate social and political troubles, and celebrates the activism and politics that may herald the beginning of a new phase of African-American empowerment.
I Am Loved
Author: Nikki Giovanni
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2018-01-09
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 1534404937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNewbery Award honoree Ashley Bryan has hand-selected a dozen of National Book Award winner Nikki Giovanni’s poems to illustrate with his inimitable flourish. There is nothing more important to a child than to feel loved, and this gorgeous gathering of poems written by Nikki Giovanni celebrates exactly that. Hand-selected by Newbery honoree Ashley Bryan, he has, with his masterful flourish of color, shape, and movement, added a visual layering that drums the most impartant message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved. As a bonus, one page is mirrored, so children reading the book can see exactly who is loved—themselves!
Hip Hop Board Book
Author: Martin Ander
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Published: 2015-10-01
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9185639877
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRap, Breakdance, Graffiti & DJ:ing – now for the very youngest! The Hip Hop Board Book is a different, colorful picture book about culture and everyday life with fun and clear pictures for small children. A charming book with lots of humor and attitude. You can point at events and objects related to Hip Hop culture, but that also occur pretty much everywhere in everyone’s life. The book takes place over a day and every pages features everyday situations that children can relate to. Ageing B-Boys and B-Girls will love teaching their children and grandchildren their first simple words with a Hip Hop twist. No-one is too small for the four elements!
My Name Is Spit
Author: Daniel Isenberg
Publisher:
Published: 2019-12-17
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781688213104
DOWNLOAD EBOOK*The #1 New Release in Children's Basketball Books on Amazon - December, 2019* ------- 4th grader Sam Spitero is used to hanging out at home after school playing video games and listening to music. But when his mom gets a new job with late hours, he's forced to switch his routine and go to an after-school program at the Boys & Girls Club-which he's not happy about. He likes playing basketball in the gym, but the kids from across town pick on him because he's short. But when Sam joins the club's new Hip-Hop Workshop, he makes friends with kids who share his same interest in music, and starts rapping under his new alias: Spit. The only problem is, he's too nervous to rap in front of anyone! As Spit and his friends prepare for the big Rap Royale talent show, they learn the steps to creating their own basketball-themed hip-hop song and performance from scratch. But after weeks of hard work and rehearsals, will Spit's stage fright hold them back from winning the grand prize? -------- Daniel Isenberg is a creative director at a global sports and entertainment marketing agency and a hip-hop music journalist who has written features for Complex, Pitchfork, XXL, Def Jam Records and more. He is also a Grammy-nominated songwriter for his work on Matisyahu's Youth LP. My Name is Spit: The Dunk Dance is inspired by Isenberg's seven years as the Cultural Arts Director at the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester, and his three basketball and music-loving children. A percentage of the sales from this book will be donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester.
Hip Hop History For Kids
Author: A D Largie
Publisher:
Published: 2019-11-28
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9781712651186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHip Hop B-Boy and his sister Hip Hop B-Girl have a problem, they are broke and it's not a joke. They know they can do so much more even though they are poor, they believe in themselves even if the world says no.The needed to express themselves so they dug deep into their soul to reveal a culture that the world would forever know. The name of this culture is called Hip Hop. Now Hip Hop B-boy and B-girl is on a mission to overcome poverty and change the world by harnessing the power of their art and culture.BOOK FEATURES: Beautiful illustrations-Swag-Hip Hop Hair-Breakdancing-RhymingBOOK BENEFITS: -How to overcome adversity-The power of believing in themselves-To be proud of their culture and history-How not to be discourage by disappointment-How to using ideas to solve problems-The concept that everything physical starts out being mental-How to realize their desires through creativity and persistence -The concept of creating value through their idea-The importance of understanding business-Hip Hop History-The evolution of Hip Hop-Black HistoryThis book is a great read as a family before bedtime.The kids will enjoy the characters visuals and cool Rhymes in the book and learned some valuable lessons at the same time.AUTHOR COMMENTS: As a member of the Hip Hop generation and as a parent, Hip Hop was a huge influence on my life in high school and college. Admittedly, I don't listen to much of the Rap Music today but it doesn't take away from the incredible way that Hip Hop affected the world in just a couple generations. This book is a wholesome way to introduce Hip Hop history and art of not just Rap but all the 5 elements of Hip Hop to children. The story explains the impact and art created by poor kids from the Bronx, New York in the late 1970's and how it became the Hip Hop business of today in a simple beautifully illustrated way that kids can understa
