The Story of Music

Mick Manning (born in Yorkshire, England, 1959) and Brita Granström (born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, 1969) work together as a team sharing the illustration and text. They have been producing award-winning non-fiction picture books for almost twenty years. They show that the best non-fiction for children can be scholarly, albeit with a light touch, and can have some of the imagination-stretching qualities of fiction. They are well known for their exciting performances involving readings and live drawing using overhead camera projection (often involving participation from members of the audience) all mixed with an audio-visual presentation. They appear on a regular basis at major UK book festival venues such as Bath, Cheltenham and Edinburgh International Book Festival. They have appeared at The Royal Society Science Festival and have celebrated The Big Draw at various venues including The Imperial War Museum. They have worked closely to support libraries and schools, performing voluntarily to school classes in the UK and Sweden and have also attended the American Library Conference and visited US schools. Many of Manning & Granström's books are translated into a number of languages, including Chinese, German, Greek, Danish, Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish and Slovakian. For the last 12 years Mick & Brita have created, written and illustrated a monthly 5-page gentle pre-school series called 'Max and Kate' for the critically acclaimed US children's magazine Ladybug. http://www.mickandbrita.com Selection of Franklin Watts books: The World Is Full of Babies! (Smarties Silver Award Winner); What's under the Bed? (TES Award Winner); Wash, Scrub, and Brush (English Association Award KS1 Winner); Stone Age, Bone Age and many other Wonderwise titles; How Did I Begin? (Rhone Poulenc Science prize winner); How Should I Behave?; Seaside Scientist; My Body Book; My Uncle's Dunkirk; Charlie's War Illustrated (English Association Award KS2 Winner); The Story of Britain; The Brontës - Children of the Moors.

1: Our Story Begins ...
2: Folk Music
3: Sacred Voices
4: Composed for the Court
5: Concerts, Choirs and Dances
6: Symphonic Sounds
7: A Visit to the Opera
8: From the Classical to the Romantic
9: The Pride of Nations
10: Sing-along Songs
11: Dancing at the Ballet
12: All That Jazz
13: Singing the Blues
14: The Musical
15: Music for the Movies
16: Hit Songs and Singers
17: Country Styles
18: Latin American Rhythms
19: The Music of South America and
20: Rock 'n' Roll
21: Soul Music
22: Ska and Reggae
23: Beat Music and The Beatles
24: Songs of Protest
25: Indian Music
26: Are You Ready to Rock?
27: Electronic, Ambient and Techno
28: Psychedelic and Prog Rock
29: Pop Music
30: Funk
31: Glam Rock
32: Disco Moves
33: Heavy Metal
34: World Music
35: Modern Classical
36: Punk Rock
37: Rap and Hip-hop
38: Indie Music
39: Girl Groups, Boy Bands and K-Pop
40: 21st-century Pop Music
41: Freestyle
42: Glossary
43: Index