Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
70 Total Resources 14 Awards 8 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- Asian (Global)
- Latino (US / Canada)
- Women / Girls
- Latino (Latin America)
- African (Global)
Year Published 2015
Word Count 378
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 173968, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Music
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Cuba--History--1909-1933--Fiction
- Drummers (Musicians)
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Dance music--Fiction
- Gender roles
- Cuba
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | General
- 1909-1933
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
- Dance music
- Gender roles--Fiction
- History
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Drummers (Musicians)--Fiction
Our Original Resources 10
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Rafael López about Drum Dream Girl
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Drum Dream Girl
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Rafael López
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Rafael López “Stirring the Pot of Color: Illustrating Picture Books”
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 9
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Lesson Plan from University of Central Florida
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Paired Reading Listen and Respond from TeachingBooks
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Discussion Guide from Harcourt
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Teaching Ideas from Classroom Bookshelf
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Lesson Plan from Eastern Connecticut State Univ. Dept. of Education
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Adriana Sananes
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Book Trailers 2

Video Book Trailer from Mariner Books
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Video Book Trailer from Dreamscape Media
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Awards & Distinctions 14

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2023
Winner, 2016

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2023
Commended, 2016

Américas Award, 1993-2023
Commended, 2016

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2016

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2022
First Place Winner, 2016

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2023
Illustrator Winner, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2015
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