{"product_id":"so-you-want-to-be-a-singer-a-kids-guide-to-singing-vocal-training-music-performance-and-the-talented-artists-who-share-their-voices-with-the-worl-hardcover","title":"So You Want To Be A Singer: A Kids' Guide to Singing, Vocal Training, Music Performance, and the Talented Artists Who Share Their Voices with the Worl - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Soules\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cem\u003e2026 Purple Dragonfly Book Award\u003c\/em\u003e (1st Place), Arts\/Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cem\u003e2026 NYC Big Book Awards\u003c\/em\u003e, Educational Series (Career)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER\u003c\/strong\u003e of the \u003cem\u003eLiterary Titan Gold Book Award\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eSo You Want To Be A...\u003c\/em\u003e Series - 2026 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, Grand Prize Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery voice that has ever stopped a room started the same way - as a young person singing alone, wondering if the sound they heard inside themselves could become something real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo You Want To Be A Singer is the honest, illustrated guide that takes kids ages 10 to 14 inside one of the most demanding and deeply human performance careers on earth. Not the talent-show version. The real one. The years of vocal training, the science of how a singing voice actually works, and the discipline it takes to turn a body into a reliable, expressive musical instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour voice is shaped by everything - your breath, your anatomy, the songs you love, every cold you catch, every emotion you carry into the room. This book explains the vocal technique behind that instrument: breath support, resonance, register, and placement. It shows young readers how singers learn to use their voices fully without damaging them, and why understanding the science of sound is just as important as feeling the music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut singing is more than technique. This guide explores what it really means to inhabit a song - to bring emotional truth to material you may have performed a thousand times, whether on a musical theatre stage, in a recording studio, or at an audition that could change your life. From classical and jazz to pop and session work, each style demands something different from the voice and the performer, and this book lays out what those demands actually look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung readers will also meet the team behind every great singer - vocal coaches, accompanists, sound engineers, and musical directors - and discover how these collaborators work together so that one voice, in one moment, can do something extraordinary. The book covers what a real singer's training life involves, from first lessons to professional performance, and what kids can do right now to explore whether this might be their calling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for children who deserve real answers, not simplified ones. The illustrations throughout bring every concept to life, and the tone never talks down to its reader. This is a book about what singing careers actually cost, what they give back, and why the singers who do this work say a great performance - the kind where the music moves through you - is the closest thing to pure human connection that exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the kid who sings everywhere - in the car, in the shower, alone in their room when no one is listening - and feels something shift. That voice is already yours. This book shows you how to build it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67958207381725,"sku":"9781972766811","price":45.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/vxHFTy946Y9781972766811.webp?v=1790808647","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/so-you-want-to-be-a-singer-a-kids-guide-to-singing-vocal-training-music-performance-and-the-talented-artists-who-share-their-voices-with-the-worl-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}