Pub Date: March 31, 2015
Dewey: 811
LCCN: 2014015056
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 07
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 10.00" L x 8.30" W ( 0.84 lbs) 48 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General | Biography and Autobiography | Music | Girls and Women | Places | Caribbean and Latin America | Activism and Social Justice | Women | History | Books and Libraries
Description: 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.
Brief description:
Margarita Engle is a Cuban American poet and novelist whose work has been published in many countries. Her many acclaimed books include Silver People, The Lightning Dreamer, The Wild Book, and The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor Book. She is a several-time winner of the Pura Belpré and Américas Awards as well as other prestigious honors. She lives with her husband in Northern California. For more information, visit margaritaengle.com.
Review Quotes:
"A beautiful account of a young girl's bravery and her important contribution toward gender equality in the creative arts." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"The heroine's tenacity in the face of naysayers will inspire all dreamers, and the illustrator's smile-inducing cameo on the last page emphasizes the universality of Millo's story...For those looking for more nonfiction titles about female musical powerhouses." - School Library Journal (starred review)
"The text and illustrations work together beautifully here, creating a story that will imbue readers with inspiration and a yearning to make music of their own." - Booklist
"A valuable addition to the growing library of stories about strong Latina women." - Publishers Weekly
"With its emphasis on artistry and visual metaphor, this title bears a strong kinship with Yuyi Morales' Viva Frida, but it also brings an accessibility that young viewers (and teachers) will appreciate." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Engle's poetic text takes its cues from Zaldarriaga's chosen instrument, its rhythm at times steadily assured and at others loose and improvisational...[E]very spread is full of motion, with some of the illustrations requiring a ninety-degree turn, as if the book itself has got to dance." - Horn Book Magazine
"Engle's poetic narrative combined with Lopez's warmly ethereal folk-art illustrations to evoke a nighttime tropical dreamscape." - New York Times Book Review