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001			on1385292135
003			OCoLC
005			20240404171028.0
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040			_aYDX _beng _erda _cYDX _dBDX _dOCLCO _dOCO _dOCLCO _dOQX _dJAS _dOCLCO _dYBM _dIL2 _dOCLCO _dCPP _dNFG
020			_a9781536224863 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1536224863 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1385292135
092			_aSMITH, V. _bR632
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aRobbins, Dean, _d1957- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe fastest drummer : _bclap your hands for Viola Smith! / _cDean Robbins ; illustrated by Susanna Chapman.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aSomerville, Massachusetts : _bCandlewick Press, _c2024.
264		4	_c©2024
300			_a1 volume (unpaged) : _bcolor illustrations ; _c30 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aFive girls played together in the Smith Sisters Orchestra: Irene on trombone, Erma on vibraphone, Edwina on trumpet, Mildred on violin, and Lila on saxophone. But what of the littlest sister? When Viola's time came, almost every instrument was taken...except one. When she first sat behind a drum kit, she lost the beat, made a terrible racket, and had more fun than she'd ever had before. Viola took to the road with her family, learned from the greats, formed her own band in the face of discrimination and ridicule, mastered twelve- and seventeen-piece drum kits, and played so fast she left no room for doubt: women could not only keep the beat--they could beat the odds. At one hundred years of age, Viola was still slamming her snare and socking her cymbals. Dean Robbins's affectionate portrait of one of the few female professional drummers of the early twentieth century includes an endnote with resources for discovering other female musicians. Susanna Chapman's swirling illustrations capture the joy and energy of Viola's stage presence while introducing young readers to the essential art form of jazz.
600	1	0	_aSmith, Viola, _d1912-2020 _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aDrummers (Musicians) _vBiography _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aOrchestra _vBiography _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aMusical instruments _vJuvenile literature. _9174772
650		0	_aSisters _vBiography _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aJazz _vBiography _vJuvenile literature.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
655		7	_aPicture books. _2lcgft _99850
655		7	_aIllustrated works. _2lcgft _94636
655		7	_aCreative nonfiction. _2lcgft _9297933
700	1		_aChapman, Susanna, _eillustrator.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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