Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl´s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl´s Courage Changed Music is written by poet Margarita Engle and beautifully illustrated by Rafael Lopez is based on the true story who broke down barriers for female drummers in Cuba during the 1930´s. The story follows a young Chinese Cuban girl who loves drums and hears their beats all around her. However, she is told that she cannot play drums in Cuba, so instead she plays her bongo alone while she dreams of playing publicly in Cuba. Even though her father does not let her play with her sister´s band, he eventually allows her to take lessons. Her teacher is impressed with her talent and her dream finally comes true when she is able to play her drums in front of people in a garden.

Engle, M. (2019). Drum Dream Girl How One Girl's Courage Changed Music. Findaway World, LLC.

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Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold is a Coretta Scott King winner, a Caldecott Honor Book, and on the New York Best Sellers List for illustrations. The main character, Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night up on the rooftop, ¨Tar Beach¨, of her family´s Harlem apartment building her dream comes true. The stars lift her up and she flies throughout the city of 1939 Harlem claiming it as her own. The illustrations are stunning and beautiful! Ringgold, F. (1996). Tar Beach . Dragonfly Books.

Family Pictures by Carmen Lomas Garza

Family Pictures is written by Carmen Lomas Garza who is a renowned artist. In Family Pictures , she shares about her life growing up in Kingsville, Texas. She shares how they celebrate birthdays, make tamales, pick cactus, and how she confided in her sister about growing up to become an artist. Each illustrations shares Carmen´s different Mexican American cultures growing up. They also a reflect a strong sense of family, community, and how hard Carmen´s mom worked to support her in achieving her dream of becoming an artist. Garza, C. L. (2005). Family pictures . Children's Books Press.

Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

Knuffle Bunny is a Caldecott Honor book written by Mo Willems. Trixie is a toddler who loses her favorite stuffed bunny while walking to the laundromat with her father. Because she is a toddler, Trixie has a difficut time communicating what is wrong to her bewildered father. She becomes frutrated and cries, so by the time they get home they are both unhappy. Luckily mom is able to immediatly figure out the problem when she notices Trixie does not have her bunny. Together they journey back to the laundromat in search of Knuffle Bunny. When they find her, Trixie is so thrilled she says her first words, ¨Knuffle Bunny¨. Willems, M. (2011). Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale . Hyperion.

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