Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music
Engle, Margarita2015
Books, Manuscripts
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has 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.
Main title:
Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music / poems by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael Lo´pez.
Imprint:
Boston New York Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
Collation:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical reference (page [39])
Awards:
Pura Belpre´ Award, 2016.
ISBN:
9780544102293
Dewey class:
PIC
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
13190
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