Drum dream girl, how one girl's courage changed music, poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López
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Drum dream girl, how one girl's courage changed music, poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical reference (page 39)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Drum dream girl
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
879538850
Responsibility statement
poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, LG, 4.2, 0.5.
Sub title
how one girl's courage changed music
Summary
Girls cannot be drumers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule - until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongos. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang and danced and decided that both girls and boys should be free to drum and dream. Inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba's traditional taboo against female drummers, Drum Dream Girl tells an inspiring true story for dreamers everywhere. --, From amazon.com
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primary
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- Sophisticated picture books
- Curriculum resource
- Dance music
- Cuba -- Histoire -- 1909-1933 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Musique de danse
- NP
- Rôle selon le sexe -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Dance music -- Fiction
- Sex role -- Fiction
- Cuba -- History -- 1909-1933 -- Fiction
- Cuba -- History -- 1909-1933 -- Juvenile fiction
- Cuba + 1909-1933 -- History
- Drummers (Musicians) -- Fiction
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
- Danse, Musique de -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Batteurs (Instrumentistes) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Dance music -- Juvenile fiction
- Drummers (Musicians) -- Juvenile fiction
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- Sophisticated picture books
- Curriculum resource
- Dance music
- Cuba -- Histoire -- 1909-1933 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Musique de danse
- NP
- Rôle selon le sexe -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Dance music -- Fiction
- Sex role -- Fiction
- Cuba -- History -- 1909-1933 -- Fiction
- Cuba -- History -- 1909-1933 -- Juvenile fiction
- Cuba + 1909-1933 -- History
- Drummers (Musicians) -- Fiction
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
- Danse, Musique de -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Batteurs (Instrumentistes) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Dance music -- Juvenile fiction
- Drummers (Musicians) -- Juvenile fiction
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