Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music /
Engle, Margarita,
Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music / Drumdream girl poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical reference.
Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
0544102290 (hbk.) 9780544102293 (hbk.)
2014015056
Dance music--Juvenile fiction.
Drummers (Musicians)--Juvenile fiction.
Sex role--Juvenile fiction.
Cuba--History--1909-1933--Juvenile fiction.
Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music / Drumdream girl poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical reference.
Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
0544102290 (hbk.) 9780544102293 (hbk.)
2014015056
Dance music--Juvenile fiction.
Drummers (Musicians)--Juvenile fiction.
Sex role--Juvenile fiction.
Cuba--History--1909-1933--Juvenile fiction.