Drum Dream Girl : How One Girl's Courage Changed Music (CD-Audio)

from wichitafriendsschool

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...

from ccampeaux

The pictures in this book show a lot of emotion and passion women have toward music.

from AbigailAdams26

Inspired by the story of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who dreamed of being a drummer in a time when that occupation was reserved for boys and men, Cuban-American author Margarita Engle spins a poetic narrative about a "drum dream girl" who cannot quell her natural impuls...

from AnnaWaffles

I don't think the kids really "got" it, but personally I found this book to be lovely.

from nbmars

How many girls still grow up being told that "girls can't do that"? I know I was - not by my parents, but by others, who discouraged me from pursuing my dreams. This is a story inspired by a Chinese-African-Cuban girl, Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who never gave up her own dream of being a drummer, ...