Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!

The award-winning author and illustrator team of Tonya Bolden and R. Gregory Christie deliver an inspiring picture book biography on the life and impact of 20^th century Blues and Gospel performer Sister Rosetta Tharpe who was a trailblazer for Rock & Roll.

Before there was Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

The godmother of rock 'n' roll started as a little girl from Arkansas with music in her air, in her hair, in her bones, wiggling her toes. With a big guitar in hand and a big voice in her soul, she grew into a rock 'n' roll trailblazer in a time when women were rarely seen rocking out. Her guitar picking was like nobody else’s!

Boogie along with this rockin’ tribute to the Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Coretta Scott King Honor–winning author Tonya Bolden and Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator R. Gregory Christie. Ages 4 to 8.