La Niña que Soñaba con Tambores: De cómo el valor de una niña cambió la música; Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music (Spanish edition)

La Niña que Soñaba con Tambores: De cómo el valor de una niña cambió la música; Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music (Spanish edition)

La Niña que Soñaba con Tambores: De cómo el valor de una niña cambió la música; Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music (Spanish edition)

La Niña que Soñaba con Tambores: De cómo el valor de una niña cambió la música; Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music (Spanish edition)

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Overview

In this Spanish edition of the 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.

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. Now available in Spanish.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780063356252
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 08/27/2024
Pages: 40
Sales rank: 1,084,211
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Language: Spanish
Age Range: 4 - 8 Years

About the Author

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.


Rafael López grew up in Mexico City, where he was immersed in the rich cultural heritage and color of street life. He is the illustrator of many vibrant picture books, including the acclaimed Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle and Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell. He has received the Pura Belpré and Américas Awards multiple times. Rafael López also designs and creates community-based murals nationwide. He divides his time between San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and San Diego, California. Visit him at rafaellopez.com.

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