Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

Engle, Margarita. Illus. by Rafael López. 2015. Unpaged. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (978-0-544-10229-3). PreS-Gr.2.

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On an island filled with music, a young girl longs to play the drums. She challenges gender norms to follow her passion, and her “dream-bright music” persuades her community that everyone should be allowed to dream.

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978-0-544-10229-3

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bloomer.jpg The Amelia Bloomer Book List
The Amelia Bloomer Project, a committee of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table, compiles the Amelia Bloomer List, an annual annotated book list (or bibliography) of well-written and well-illustrated books with significant feminist content, intended for young readers (ages birth through 18).
Please note, this award is now called "Rise: A Feminist Book Project"
2016 - Selection(s)