Music Education Week

It's National Music Education Week, and to celebrate, we've compiled a list of musically inclined books for your reading pleasure. No matter if you're looking for books by musicians, about musicians, or inspired by musicians, there's something on the list for you. We even added a few children's books in case you want to celebrate music education week with your family!
If you want to find out more about any of the books, or purchase them online, you can follow the links that correspond to each numbered cover. Happy reading!

1. Forever Young by Bob Dylan and illustrated by Paul Rogers
2. High Fidelity by Nick Hornsby
3. Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
4. One Love Adapted by Cedella Marley - Based on the song by Bob Marley
5. Come As You Are by Michael Azerrad
6. The Ice Castle: An Adventure in Music by Pendred Noyce
7. Hassie Calhoun: A Las Vegas Novel of Innocence by Pamela Cory
8. Just Kids by Patti Smith
9. Spiral Bound by Dessa
10. The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus
11. Mama Don’t Allow by Thacher Hurd
12. Under their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It) by Bill German
And if we've forgotten one of you're own favorite music books, make sure to add it to the list!

It's also National Music Week!

There’s been a lot of talk this week about Children’s Book Week, but did you also know that it’s National Music Week? First observed in 1924 and sponsored by the National Federation of Music Clubs, this week is marked by concerts, festivals, and musical events of all sorts in libraries, businesses, and schools across the country. In the words of National Music Week’s founder, Mr. Charles M. Tremaine,

“Music Week is, to some extent, different from all the other special ‘weeks.’ It is a ‘drive’ for music by the friends of music, but is also the occasion for participation in and receiving of pleasure, thus making it independent of any propelling force from behind. It gathers its momentum as it goes along from the enjoyment it brings…. Music, permeating the atmosphere, enters many new places where it is welcome.”

In celebration of National Music Week, we thought it only fitting to provide some fun facts about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the most influential composers in history. It’s also especially fitting because Mozart happens to be featured prominently in Pendred Noyce’s upcoming book, Ice Castle. In the latest book of the Lexicon series—out this August from our Scarletta Junior Readers imprint—Daphne and Ivan, along with their cousin Lila, travel to the Land of Winter where social status is based on musical talent. The three children must endure slavery, hunger, illness, and injustice before they can spark a revolution to return spring to the Land of Winter.

Spend your holidays in style with Pamela Cory & Hassie Calhoun

Book Details TITLE   Hassie Calhoun: A Las Vegas Novel of Innocence AUTHOR Pamela Cory ISBN  978-0-9824584-7-1 eISBN 978-0-9824584-8-8 SPECS 368 pages, $15.95 For More Info Pamela Cory Scarletta Press Twitter NOTE: proof of purchases will be verified through sales tracking prior to sending music links.

It's not too late to... Buy Hassie Calhoun: A Las Vegas Novel of Innocence this holiday season and receive a free musical download! Snuggle up during the 2011 holiday months with a perfect cocktail of passion, hope, devastation, and nostalgia in Pamela Cory's Hassie Calhoun. And this season, you can wind down while listening to the book's feature song, I Just Can't Figure It Out, performed by author & songwriter, Pamela Cory. PROMOTION DETAILS 1.  Buy Hassie Calhoun from an independent bookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or any wholesaler during November or December.  2.  Find your code (where'd you hear about the promotion?): Scarletta Blog -  HCspB Scarletta Twitter -  HCspT Pamela Cory Twitter -  HCpcT Scarletta Facebook -  HCspF Pamela Cory Facebook -  HCpcF 3.  Email desiree@scarlettapress.com with the following information: subject line: Hassie Promo email body: promo code, date of purchase, price paid, name of store & city where purchased, and reply-to email address  4.  Receive your free music download link via email within one to two weeks. 5. Enjoy your holidays! With her innocence and identity on the line, the road to stardom puts young and talented Hassie in several compromising situations. Pamela Cory offers a deceptively sophisticated look into the life of an ambitious young woman during the era of the Rat Pack, whose very passions impede her dreams in a way that many women could secretly relate to. In this coming of age novel, "...the imagery is vivid. The lights are bright, the music is romantic, and the people are larger than life. To Hassie, Las Vegas is full of possibility, hope, prosperity, excitement, and to the reader the dangers of all of this loom on every page." (The Nevada Review)

Have a Hassie Calhoun Holiday

Book Details TITLE   Hassie Calhoun: A Las Vegas Novel of Innocence AUTHOR Pamela Cory ISBN  978-0-9824584-7-1 eISBN 978-0-9824584-8-8 SPECS 368 pages, $15.95 For More Info Pamela Cory Scarletta Press Twitter NOTE: proof of purchases will be verified through sales tracking prior to sending music links.

If you haven't heard yet: Buy Hassie Calhoun: A Las Vegas Novel of Innocence this holiday season and receive a free musical download! Snuggle up during the 2011 holiday months with a perfect cocktail of passion, hope, devastation, and nostalgia in Pamela Cory's Hassie Calhoun. And this season, you can wind down while listening to the book's feature song, I Just Can't Figure It Out, performed by author & songwriter, Pamela Cory. PROMOTION DETAILS 1.  Buy Hassie Calhoun from an independent bookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or any wholesaler during November or December.  2.  Find your code (where'd you hear about the promotion?): Scarletta Blog -  HCspB Scarletta Twitter -  HCspT Pamela Cory Twitter -  HCpcT Scarletta Facebook -  HCspF Pamela Cory Facebook -  HCpcF 3.  Email desiree@scarlettapress.com with the following information: subject line: Hassie Promo email body: promo code, date of purchase, price paid, name of store & city where purchased, and reply-to email address  4.  Receive your free music download link via email within one to two weeks. 5. Enjoy your holidays! With her innocence and identity on the line, the road to stardom puts young and talented Hassie in several compromising situations. Pamela Cory offers a deceptively sophisticated look into the life of an ambitious young woman during the era of the Rat Pack, whose very passions impede her dreams in a way that many women could secretly relate to. In this coming of age novel, "...the imagery is vivid. The lights are bright, the music is romantic, and the people are larger than life. To Hassie, Las Vegas is full of possibility, hope, prosperity, excitement, and to the reader the dangers of all of this loom on every page." (The Nevada Review)

HOLIDAY PROMOTION: "HASSIE CALHOUN"

Book Details TITLE   Hassie Calhoun: A Las Vegas Novel of Innocence AUTHOR Pamela Cory ISBN  978-0-9824584-7-1 eISBN 978-0-9824584-8-8 SPECS 368 pages, $15.95 For More Info Pamela Cory Scarletta Press Twitter NOTE: proof of purchases will be verified through sales tracking prior to sending music links.

Buy Hassie Calhoun: A Las Vegas Novel of Innocence this holiday season and receive a free musical download! Snuggle up during the 2011 holiday months with a perfect cocktail of passion, hope, devastation, and nostalgia in Pamela Cory's Hassie Calhoun. And this season, you can wind down while listening to the book's feature song, I Just Can't Figure It Out, performed by author & songwriter, Pamela Cory. PROMOTION DETAILS 1.  Buy Hassie Calhoun from an independent bookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or any wholesaler during November or December.  2.  Find your code (where'd you hear about the promotion?): Scarletta Blog -  HCspB Scarletta Twitter -  HCspT Pamela Cory Twitter -  HCpcT Scarletta Facebook -  HCspF Pamela Cory Facebook -  HCpcF 3.  Email desiree@scarlettapress.com with the following information: subject line: Hassie Promo email body: promo code, date of purchase, price paid, name of store & city where purchased, and reply-to email address  4.  Receive your free music download link via email within one to two weeks. 5. Enjoy your holidays! With her innocence and identity on the line, the road to stardom puts young and talented Hassie in several compromising situations. Pamela Cory offers a deceptively sophisticated look into the life of an ambitious young woman during the era of the Rat Pack, whose very passions impede her dreams in a way that many women could secretly relate to. In this coming of age novel, "...the imagery is vivid. The lights are bright, the music is romantic, and the people are larger than life. To Hassie, Las Vegas is full of possibility, hope, prosperity, excitement, and to the reader the dangers of all of this loom on every page." (The Nevada Review)