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Who Is Taylor Swift? Audiobook By Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ cover art
Who Is Taylor Swift?
  • Who Is Taylor Swift?

  • By: Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ
  • Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
  • Length: 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    10
  • Performance
    9
  • Story
    9

Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Taylor Swift always knew she wanted to be a country music artist, so at age thirteen...

By: Kirsten Anderson, and others

BTS Audiobook By Adrian Besley, Traducciones imposibles - traductor cover art
BTS
  • BTS

  • Iconos del K-Pop
  • By: Adrian Besley, Traducciones imposibles - traductor
  • Narrated by: José Luis Marcos
  • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

Esta biografía no oficial cuenta la historia de este grupo de chicos coreanos que acarrea una legión de fans por el mundo entero...

By: Adrian Besley, and others

Who Is Bad Bunny? Audiobook By G. M. Taboas Zayas, Who HQ cover art
Who Is Bad Bunny?
  • Who Is Bad Bunny?

  • By: G. M. Taboas Zayas, Who HQ
  • Narrated by: Luis Vega
  • Length: 27 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3
  • Performance
    3
  • Story
    3

Learn about Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny and his incredible career in this book from Who HQ Now, the series featuring the trending topics and news makers of today. Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, is one of today's most popular artists. He made his start posting his...

By: G. M. Taboas Zayas, and others

Who Was Elvis Presley? Audiobook By Geoff Edgers cover art
Who Was Elvis Presley?
  • Who Was Elvis Presley?

  • By: Geoff Edgers
  • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
  • Length: 50 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    20
  • Performance
    15
  • Story
    15

Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for another addition to the Who Was…? series! The King could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he grew up with the blues music of the rural South, the gospel music of local churches, and the...

  • Perfect for elementary age kids

  • By LuzS on 06-27-23

By: Geoff Edgers

Lives of the Musicians Audiobook By Kathleen Krull cover art
Lives of the Musicians
  • Lives of the Musicians

  • Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought)
  • By: Kathleen Krull
  • Narrated by: John C. Brown, Melissa Hughes
  • Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    23
  • Performance
    13
  • Story
    13

This is no stuffy music appreciation lesson. Author Kathleen Krull makes these great artists come alive...

  • good introduction

  • By reggie p on 11-21-04

By: Kathleen Krull

Alias Anna Audiobook By Susan Hood, Greg Dawson cover art
Alias Anna
  • Alias Anna

  • A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis
  • By: Susan Hood, Greg Dawson
  • Narrated by: Aimée B. Dawson
  • Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    14
  • Performance
    10
  • Story
    10

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias “Anna”) and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust. A middle grade nonfiction novel-in-verse by award-winning author Susan Hood with Greg Dawson (Zhanna’s...

  • worth the listen

  • By Amanda Tinker on 11-27-25

By: Susan Hood, and others

Who Is Taylor Swift? Audiobook By Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ cover art
Who Is Taylor Swift?
  • Who Is Taylor Swift?

  • By: Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ
  • Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
  • Length: 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    10
  • Performance
    9
  • Story
    9

Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Taylor Swift always knew she wanted to be a country music artist, so at age thirteen...

By: Kirsten Anderson, and others

BTS Audiobook By Adrian Besley, Traducciones imposibles - traductor cover art
BTS
  • BTS

  • Iconos del K-Pop
  • By: Adrian Besley, Traducciones imposibles - traductor
  • Narrated by: José Luis Marcos
  • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

Esta biografía no oficial cuenta la historia de este grupo de chicos coreanos que acarrea una legión de fans por el mundo entero...

By: Adrian Besley, and others

Who Is Bad Bunny? Audiobook By G. M. Taboas Zayas, Who HQ cover art
Who Is Bad Bunny?
  • Who Is Bad Bunny?

  • By: G. M. Taboas Zayas, Who HQ
  • Narrated by: Luis Vega
  • Length: 27 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3
  • Performance
    3
  • Story
    3

Learn about Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny and his incredible career in this book from Who HQ Now, the series featuring the trending topics and news makers of today. Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, is one of today's most popular artists. He made his start posting his...

By: G. M. Taboas Zayas, and others

Who Was Elvis Presley? Audiobook By Geoff Edgers cover art
Who Was Elvis Presley?
  • Who Was Elvis Presley?

  • By: Geoff Edgers
  • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
  • Length: 50 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    20
  • Performance
    15
  • Story
    15

Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for another addition to the Who Was…? series! The King could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he grew up with the blues music of the rural South, the gospel music of local churches, and the...

  • Perfect for elementary age kids

  • By LuzS on 06-27-23

By: Geoff Edgers

Lives of the Musicians Audiobook By Kathleen Krull cover art
Lives of the Musicians
  • Lives of the Musicians

  • Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought)
  • By: Kathleen Krull
  • Narrated by: John C. Brown, Melissa Hughes
  • Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    23
  • Performance
    13
  • Story
    13

This is no stuffy music appreciation lesson. Author Kathleen Krull makes these great artists come alive...

  • good introduction

  • By reggie p on 11-21-04

By: Kathleen Krull

Alias Anna Audiobook By Susan Hood, Greg Dawson cover art
Alias Anna
  • Alias Anna

  • A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis
  • By: Susan Hood, Greg Dawson
  • Narrated by: Aimée B. Dawson
  • Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    14
  • Performance
    10
  • Story
    10

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias “Anna”) and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust. A middle grade nonfiction novel-in-verse by award-winning author Susan Hood with Greg Dawson (Zhanna’s...

  • worth the listen

  • By Amanda Tinker on 11-27-25

By: Susan Hood, and others

Bruno Mars Audiobook By Nadia Higgins cover art
Bruno Mars
  • Bruno Mars

  • Pop Singer and Producer
  • By: Nadia Higgins
  • Narrated by: Intuitive
  • Length: 16 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

You may know that Bruno Mars is an unbelievably talented pop singer and producer....

By: Nadia Higgins

¿Quién fue Celia Cruz? Audiobook By Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Who HQ, Yanitzia Canetti - translator cover art
¿Quién fue Celia Cruz?
  • ¿Quién fue Celia Cruz?

  • By: Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Who HQ, and others
  • Narrated by: Tatiana Flores Infante
  • Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

¿Cómo una niña de clase trabajadora de Cuba se convirtió en un símbolo de libertad artística para los cubanoamericanos y en la "Reina de la Salsa"? ¡Descúbrelo en este nuevo libro para la bibliotheca de Who HQ! Auntie su familia y amigos la conocen como Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la...

  • ¡Bien hecho!

  • By Micah Burns on 10-04-25

By: Pam Pollack, and others

Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? Audiobook By Roberta Edwards cover art
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?
  • Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?

  • By: Roberta Edwards
  • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
  • Length: 55 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    48
  • Performance
    35
  • Story
    34

Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to. Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the...

  • Excellent and brief.

  • By Matthew J Keefe on 03-28-21

By: Roberta Edwards

The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World Audiobook By James Howe, Jack Wong - illustrator cover art
The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World
  • The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World

  • Yo-Yo Ma & His Gifts to the World
  • By: James Howe, Jack Wong - illustrator
  • Narrated by: Greg Chun
  • Length: 24 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

From a bestselling and award-winning team comes a moving biography of one of the greatest cellists of all time, Yo-Yo Ma, and his lifelong passion for using music to unite people in harmony and joy.

By: James Howe, and others

Who Was David Bowie? Audiobook By Margaret Gurevich, Who HQ cover art
Who Was David Bowie?
  • Who Was David Bowie?

  • By: Margaret Gurevich, Who HQ
  • Narrated by: Jake Wesley Rogers
  • Length: 56 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Find out how this English singer-songwriter and actor who constantly reinvented his look and sound became one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century in this new book from the #1 New York Times bestselling series. David Bowie, born David Robert Jones, wasn't just an incredible...

By: Margaret Gurevich, and others

Idina Menzel Audiobook By Heather E. Schwartz cover art
Idina Menzel
  • Idina Menzel

  • Vocal Superpower (Pop Culture Bios)
  • By: Heather E. Schwartz
  • Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
  • Length: 12 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Want to know more about the life of this singing superstar? Listen to learn all about Idina's road to stardom, Broadway breakthrough, television debut, and more....

By: Heather E. Schwartz

Taylor Swift Audiobook By Robin Nelson cover art
Taylor Swift
  • Taylor Swift

  • Country Pop Hit Maker
  • By: Robin Nelson
  • Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
  • Length: 23 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

Want to know more about the life of Taylor Swift? Listen to this audiobook to learn all about Taylor's childhood, family, career, boyfriends, favorite things, and more....

By: Robin Nelson

The Children of Willesden Lane Audiobook By Mona Golabek, Emil Sher, Lee Cohen cover art
The Children of Willesden Lane
  • The Children of Willesden Lane

  • A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II (Young Readers Edition)
  • By: Mona Golabek, Emil Sher, Lee Cohen
  • Narrated by: Katherine Manners
  • Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    43
  • Performance
    35
  • Story
    36

A young readers' edition of an important and inspiring true story of hope and survival during World War II. Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. But when Hitler's armies advanced on pre-war Vienna, Lisa's parents were forced to make a difficult...

  • Notes of fear and strength

  • By Anne Swan on 11-18-20

By: Mona Golabek, and others

Who is Dolly Parton? Audiobook By True Kelley cover art
Who is Dolly Parton?
  • Who is Dolly Parton?

  • By: True Kelley
  • Narrated by: Dorothy Dillingham Blue
  • Length: 55 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    38
  • Performance
    29
  • Story
    29

Born in a little cabin in Tennessee, Dolly Parton always dreamed big, and she was right to! She wrote her first song at age five and became a country music star by the time she was in her early twenties. Of course, her success didn't stop there. Dolly Parton is also an actress, author...

By: True Kelley

Who Were the Beatles? Audiobook By Geoff Edgers cover art
Who Were the Beatles?
  • Who Were the Beatles?

  • By: Geoff Edgers
  • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    11
  • Performance
    8
  • Story
    8

Almost everyone can sing along with the Beatles, but how many young readers know their whole story? Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter and hard-core Beatles fan, brings the Fab Four to life in this Who Was...? book. Readers will learn about their childhoods in Liverpool, their first forays...

  • I love the of Who Were The Beatles

  • By yahaira on 07-09-22

By: Geoff Edgers

Who Was Louis Armstrong? Audiobook By Yona Zeldis McDonough cover art
Who Was Louis Armstrong?
  • Who Was Louis Armstrong?

  • By: Yona Zeldis McDonough
  • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
  • Length: 53 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    15
  • Performance
    11
  • Story
    11

If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs' Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it...

By: Yona Zeldis McDonough

Lisa of Willesden Lane Audiobook By Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen, Sarah J. Robbins cover art
Lisa of Willesden Lane
  • Lisa of Willesden Lane

  • A True Story of Music and Survival During World War II
  • By: Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen, Sarah J. Robbins
  • Narrated by: Amy Scanlon
  • Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

An inspiring true story about one girl's escape from the Holocaust to become a concert pianist against all odds, made popular by Mona Golabek's acclaimed theatrical performance and the beloved novel The Children of Willesden Lane -- now available in an early chapter book format. In pre-World War...

By: Mona Golabek, and others

Ariana Grande Audiobook By Rachel Rose cover art
Ariana Grande
  • Ariana Grande

  • Pop Vocal Powerhouse
  • By: Rachel Rose
  • Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
  • Length: 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Ariana Grande has an incredible singing voice! She loves to sing, but she also acts on TV and in movies. Follow her journey from Broadway musicals, to Nickelodeon, to becoming one of the world's biggest pop stars!

By: Rachel Rose

Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Audiobook By Yona Zeldis McDonough cover art
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
  • Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

  • By: Yona Zeldis McDonough
  • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
  • Length: 54 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    19
  • Performance
    14
  • Story
    14

Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of thirty-five, Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works. This fascinating...

By: Yona Zeldis McDonough

Who Was Bob Marley? Audiobook By Katie Ellison cover art
Who Was Bob Marley?
  • Who Was Bob Marley?

  • By: Katie Ellison
  • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    15
  • Performance
    10
  • Story
    10

Get Up, Stand Up! for the king of reggae music! Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went on to...

  • jdjdj

  • By Angel Hanson on 04-19-18

By: Katie Ellison

I am Dolly Parton Audiobook By Brad Meltzer cover art
I am Dolly Parton
  • I am Dolly Parton

  • By: Brad Meltzer
  • Narrated by: Alison Fraser, Bailey Carr, James Fouhey, and others
  • Length: 19 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    2
  • Performance
    2
  • Story
    2

The legendary country musician, reading advocate, and philanthropist Dolly Parton is the 28th in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8, adapted for audio. This audiobook spotlights Dolly Parton, known for her beloved country songs, who has also sent over...

  • Inspiring

  • By P. Susan Mitchell on 01-22-23

By: Brad Meltzer

Make a Pretty Sound Audiobook By Traci N. Todd, Eleanor Davis - illustrator cover art
Make a Pretty Sound
  • Make a Pretty Sound

  • A Story of Ella Jenkins—The First Lady of Children's Music
  • By: Traci N. Todd, Eleanor Davis - illustrator
  • Narrated by: Channie Waites
  • Length: 24 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

Once upon a time, children's music was just Mother Goose, nursery songs, and lullabies. And then came Ella Jenkins. Ella Jenkins is an American folk singer and living legend dubbed The First Lady of Children's Music.

By: Traci N. Todd, and others

Who Is Ariana Grande? Audiobook By Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ cover art
Who Is Ariana Grande?
  • Who Is Ariana Grande?

  • By: Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ
  • Narrated by: Dominique Salvacion
  • Length: 37 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

How did a teenage actress become a Grammy-winning pop star? Find out in this Who HQ Now biography about Ariana Grande and her exciting career that spans the Broadway stage, television, and music to blockbuster movies! Ever since she was a child, Ariana Grande has been performing. When she was...

By: Kirsten Anderson, and others

BLACKPINK Audiobook By Rachel Rose cover art
BLACKPINK
  • BLACKPINK

  • K-Pop Sensations
  • By: Rachel Rose
  • Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
  • Length: 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

BLACKPINK are a powerful group on stage! They can sing, dance, and rap. Many of their songs have topped the world music charts. Discover more about the group from their lives as trainees to becoming a top K-pop act!

By: Rachel Rose

Who Was Selena? Audiobook By Max Bisantz, Kate Bisantz, Who HQ cover art
Who Was Selena?
  • Who Was Selena?

  • By: Max Bisantz, Kate Bisantz, Who HQ
  • Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
  • Length: 1 hr
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    18
  • Performance
    14
  • Story
    14

Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the twentieth century! As a young girl, Selena Quintanilla sang in a band called Selena y Los Dinos with her brother and sister. The family performed at fairs, weddings...

By: Max Bisantz, and others

Who Was Aretha Franklin? Audiobook By Nico Medina, Who HQ cover art
Who Was Aretha Franklin?
  • Who Was Aretha Franklin?

  • By: Nico Medina, Who HQ
  • Narrated by: Karen Chilton
  • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

There is only one QUEEN OF SOUL! Discover why Aretha Franklin garners so much R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Aretha Franklin was a musical and cultural icon whose legacy spanned six decades! Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1942, Aretha got her start singing in front of her father's Baptist congregation and found...

By: Nico Medina, and others

Who Is Beyoncé? Audiobook By Kirsti Jewel, Who HQ cover art
Who Is Beyoncé?
  • Who Is Beyoncé?

  • By: Kirsti Jewel, Who HQ
  • Narrated by: Heni Zoutomou
  • Length: 54 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    1
  • Performance
    1
  • Story
    1

Okay, readers, now let's get in formation! Learn about the life of the perfectionist performer known as Queen Bey and how she created her flawless discography of hit records like Renaissance and Cowboy Carter. In 2003, Beyoncé went solo after being in the popular girl group Destiny's Child and...

By: Kirsti Jewel, and others

Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Audiobook By Wendy Loggia cover art
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
  • Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography

  • By: Wendy Loggia
  • Narrated by: Bailey Carr
  • Length: 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5
  • Performance
    4
  • Story
    4

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Celebrate global superstar Taylor Swift with this collectible Little Golden Book, which tells her inspiring life story alongside gorgeous original illustrations! “A must-have for any Taylor Swift collection.”—Rolling Stone Taylor...

  • Cute

  • By Sarah Ritter Hamilton on 04-28-24

By: Wendy Loggia

Listen Audiobook By Shannon Stocker cover art
Listen
  • Listen

  • How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
  • By: Shannon Stocker
  • Narrated by: Elle Newlands
  • Length: 17 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0
  • Performance
    0
  • Story
    0

* Schneider Family Book Award Winner * A gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. A robust author’s note brings further detail and highlights Evelyn’s own voice. "No. You can't," people...

By: Shannon Stocker

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