Holly George-Warren’s lively, one-page biographies profile men and women who developed the style of music broadly described as country and western. Bill Monroe is known as primarily a bluegrass musician, while The Carter Family had their start in gospel. This short picture book also includes musicians who are still alive and performing today, such as Loretta Lynn. Opposite each page of text, there is a painting in flat folk art style. Collectively, these stars have enormously influenced the sound that has inspired much of twentieth-century American music. (Ages 6–10)