Cover of Drum Dream Girl How One Girls Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle, a children's book set in Cuba for ages 5-9

Drum Dream Girl How One Girls Courage Changed Music

by Margarita Engle

Age Group: 5-9
Region: CubaCaribbean Islands
Categories: Award WinningBiographiesPoetry
Reading Format: Picture-Books
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About This Book

In this acclaimed picture book bursting with vibrance and rhythm, a girl dreams of playing the drums in 1930s Cuba, when the music-filled island had a taboo against female drummers.

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