Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music by Ms Margarita Engle

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music by Ms Margarita Engle

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 bongós. 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.

This beautiful picture book was recognized with a Pura Belpré Honor. A strong option for those interested in women's history and Hispanic History topics.

Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American poet, novelist, and journalist whose work has appeared in a variety of publications around the world. She is the author of The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor Book, The Poet Slave of Cuba, The Firefly Letters, and Tropical Secrets, among other young adult nonfiction and verse novels. She resides in the state of California's northwestern region.