Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed MusicGirls cannot be drummers. 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 bong s. 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

Girls cannot be drummers. 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 bong s. 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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 03/31/2015
ISBN: 9780544102293
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.30w x 0.40d
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Finalist
Award: Pura Belpre Award - Winner
Award: Charlotte Zolotow Award - Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2014
School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 121
Publishers Weekly 01/19/2015
Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 46
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2015
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2015 pg. 86
Shelf Awareness 04/28/2015
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 33 - Superior,Well Above Average
Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2015 pg. 54
School Library Journal 02/01/2017 pg. 49

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 173968 / Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
Reading Level: 4.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5