Drum dream girl
Subtitle: how one girl's courage changed music
By: poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López
Contributors: López, Rafael, 1961- illustrator
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9780544102293
Subjects: Drummers (Musicians); Sex role; Dance music; Juvenile fiction; History; Fiction
Other titles: Drumdream girl
Description: Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Notes: Winner of the Pura Belpre award, 2016, illustrator.

Includes bibliographical references (page [40]).

Pura Belpre award, 2016, illustrator.