Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
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- PK-4
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- Biography
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- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
- African (Global)
- Latino (US / Canada)
- Asian (Global)
- Latino (Latin America)
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
- Phonics & Phonolgical Awareness
- Any Vowel Sounds
- Vowel Combinations
- Short E
- Short U
- R-Controlled
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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
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- Tales of Courage: AAPI Heritage
- Taking Action - Grade 2-3 Global Fiction
- Afro-Latinx Stories
- Music and Rhyme
- Tales of Courage: Hispanic Heritage
- Poems, Proverbs, & Plays: Hispanic
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Phonics & Phonological Awareness Printables
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Routines to Reinforce Phonemic Awareness
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Drum Dream Girl
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Rafael López 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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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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Phonics & Phonological Awareness Printables
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Reinforces:
- Short E
- Short U
- R-Controlled
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Routines to Reinforce Phonemic Awareness
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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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Discussion Guide from Harcourt
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Awards & Distinctions 14
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2016
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Winner, 2016
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2024
Commended, 2016
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2016
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2016
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Illustrator Winner, 2016
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
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