Drum Dream Girl: How One Brave Girl's Journey Changed Music History

KNation: This book is beautiful and tells an amazing story. I have used it with first graders and it’s probably appropriate for second and maybe third as well. I gave it 4 stars because the book jacket was wrinkled and a little torn when it arrived.

United States on Aug 02, 2023

Deridra Burden: Love this book because drummers in many cultures were men and this tells you and shows you rhythm in universal and for everybody

United States on Jun 24, 2023

Wendy B: This book allows for you to integrate literature, art, history, civil rights, and music in one lesson. One of my favorites.

United States on Nov 05, 2022

Z Fam: I purchased this book as a gift for a five year old who loves storytime. They loved it and now ask to read it evey night at bedtime.

It has since of the most beautiful art work i've ever seen in a children's book. And the story is wonderful. I was surprised to learn at the end that it is a true story which made it even more special.

United States on Nov 02, 2022

Catherine O'Keeffe: My students loved this book. It is a great story to introduce Cuban music to the class.

Canada on Oct 25, 2020

ScotFlower: Beautiful story on a girl who wanted to play drums and had to go against cultural norms to do so.

Just so you know, I am not a big fan of feminist pushing books. I don't like books that advance women at the expense of men or the attacking of men (or visa versa for that matter). But the great news is that this book does none of those things. The girl pursues her drum dream respectfully. She only takes lessons once her father approves and only performs once her teacher approves. At the end of the book, it also says both boys and girls should be allowed to pursue their dreams. Therefore, I feel this book did feminism beautifully right and in a wonderfully balanced way. I have no qualms reading this book to my drum playing boys.

United States on May 25, 2020

L. York: My little guy loves this book and I love the message that both boys & girls can follow their dreams!
The illustrations are just beautiful.

Canada on Mar 02, 2020

Red Bus Book and Theatre Lover: This book is based on the story of Chinese-African-Cuban girl Millo Castro Zaldarriaga who was discouraged from pursuing music in Cuba because drums were just for boys. The colours are absolutely radiant and the story is strongly told. Useful notes at the back inform us that not only did Zaldarriaga get to play, she got to play for US president Roosevelt. This would be a wonderful book to have at home but also for use in school for thinking about endurance and facing up to prejudice.

United Kingdom on Jun 01, 2019

Noemí Delgado: Beautiful book!!

Canada on Aug 28, 2017

Tanya Srivastava: A Wonderful book about with breathe taking illustrations and talking about gender inequality and how does she come over it.

India on Aug 22, 2017