La Niña Que Soñaba Con Tambores: de Cómo El Valor de Una Niña Cambió La Música (Spanish Edition)

by Margarita Engle (Author) Rafael López (Illustrator)

La Niña Que Soñaba Con Tambores: de Cómo El Valor de Una Niña Cambió La Música (Spanish Edition)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

En esta edición en español del aclamado libro ilustrado lleno de vitalidad y ritmo, una niña sueña con tocar la batería en la Cuba de los años 30, cuando la isla llena de música tenía un tabú contra las bateristas.

Las niñas no pueden ser bateristas. Hace mucho tiempo, en una isla llena de música, nadie cuestionó esa regla, hasta la chica del sueño del tambor. En su ciudad de tambores, soñaba con tocar congas altas y tocar pequeños bongós. Tenía que guardar silencio. Tenía que practicar en secreto. Pero cuando por fin se escuchó su música de ensueño, todos cantaron y bailaron y decidieron que tanto las niñas como los niños deberían ser libres de tocar el tambor y soñar.

Inspirada en la infancia de Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, una niña china afrocubana que rompió el tradicional tabú cubano contra las bateristas, Drum Dream Girl cuenta una historia real inspiradora para los soñadores de todo el mundo. Ahora disponible en español.

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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)

"A valuable addition to the growing library of stories about strong Latina women." — Publishers Weekly

"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

"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 narrative combined with Lopez's warmly ethereal folk-art illustrations to evoke a nighttime tropical dreamscape." — New York Times Book Review

"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

Margarita Engle
Margarita Engle (she/her) is the Cuban American author of many books, including the verse novels Your Heart, My Sky; Rima's Rebellion; Newbery Honor winner The Surrender Tree; and Forest World. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, the latter of which received the Pura Belpré Award and a Walter Dean Myers Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among other honors. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl, Dancing Hands, and The Flying Girl. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780063356252
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
August 27, 2024
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF007040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
JNF038050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
JNF023000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
Library of Congress categories
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