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Blues Bibliography for Kids

 
Booth, Stanley. Rhythm Oil: A Journey Through the Music of the American South. New York: Vintage Books, 1991
Charles, Samuel. The Legacy of the Blues. New York: Da Capo Press, 1977.
Davison, Archibald T., Katherine K. Davis, and Frederic W. Kempf. Songs of Freedom. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942.
Evans, David. Big Road Blues: Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982.
Evans, Mark. Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Years. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1976.
Felton, Harold N. Cowboy Jamboree: Western Songs and Lore. Alfred A. Knopf, 1951.
Glass, Paul. Songs and Stories of Afro-Americans. New York: Grosset and Donlap, 1971.
Haskins, James. Black Music in America: A History Through its People. New York: Thomas Y. Cromwell, 1987.
 
Jones, Hettie. Five Woman in Black Music: Big Star Fallin' Mama. New York: Viking, 1974.
Krull, Kathleen. Gonna Sing My Head Off! American Folk Songs for Children. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Myrus, Donald. Ballads, Blues, and the Big Beat. New York: The MacMillian Company, 1966.
Shirley, David. Everyday I Sing the Blues: The Story of B.B. King. New York: Franklin Watts, 1995.
Silverman, Jerry. The Blues. New York: Chelsea House Pulishers, 1994.
Silverman, Jerry. Children's Songs. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1993.
Swears, Linda. Discovering the Guitar: Teach Yourself to Play. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1981