When Angels Sing

A musician seeks the sound that brings angels to life.

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48 pages· 1,412 words· Est. 11 min read-aloud

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Bookroo's summary

Carlos Santana, inspired by his father's violin, embarks on a musical journey to create a sound that makes angels real. Experimenting with clarinet and violin, he finds no magic until he discovers the guitar. Blending Blues, Jazz, Rock, and Afro-Cuban rhythms, Carlos crafts a unique sound in San Francisco. Will this be the music that finally brings his angels to life?

From the publisher

Winner of a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor and a Robert F. Sibert Honor! Celebrate music icon Carlos Santana in this vibrant, rhythmic picture book from the author of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters. Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play el violín. It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing–a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried el clarinete and el violín, but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra. He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and the energy of Rock and Roll, and added the slow heat of Afro-Cuban drums and the cilantro-scented sway of the music he’d grown up with in Mexico. There were a lot of bands in San Francisco but none of them sounded like this. Had Carlos finally found the music that would make his angels real?