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All About Music - Children's Book List
Pura Belpré Award Winners 2013-2023 / Los ganadores del premio Pura Belpré: 2013-2023
Pura Belpré Award Winners 2013-2023 / Los ganadores del premio Pura Belpré: 2013-2023
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Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule-until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongós. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang and danced and decided that both girls and boys should be free to drum and dream. Inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro...
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Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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A young girl fulfills her dreams in this video treatment of the acclaimed Pura Belpre' Award winner. -- Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule--that is, until the drum dream girl. When at last her dream-bright music was heard, it was decided everybody should be free to drum and dream. Inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba's traditional...
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Shona wants to learn ballet and what all the cool French words mean. She asks for help, and Dreamy the Unicorn comes to her rescue, taking them on a magical and fabulous journey of learning! There is plenty of magic in Dreamy the Unicorn's horn. They meet Tammy, a French ballet teacher, and journey together to a ballet school, a ballet production, and go behind the scenes, while learning key French words used in the world of ballet. Everything you...
7) Big tune
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Shane, a boy with big dancing dreams, learns the meaning of courage and community.
8) Growl Power!
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It's Thanksgiving, and Aquanette and Angie Walker are headed home to Houston to wow their old friends with stories of life in the Big Apple. But in between eating, laughing, and being spooked by their grandpa's funeral home, these outrageous twins have something bigger on their minds: getting the Cheetah Girls a record deal! First they have to find their way into the concert for Karma's Children, Texas superstars who have been making Angie and Aqua...
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It's the dead of winter, but Galleria and her Cheetah sisters aren't feeling the chill. They're in sunny Houston, where they just played the biggest show of their lives, and are feeling closer than ever to the record deal that will make them famous. But just because this concert is over doesn't mean the Cheetahs are ready to pack up and head home. There's a rodeo in town, and Galleria is gonna get the Cheetah Girls up on stage-if she has to rope a...
10) Dorinda's Secret
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In this latest book of a contemporary series for black teens, featuring a five-member singing group, Dorinda tries to hide the fact that her sister is white, which presents a problem when her sister decides to show up at the Cheetah Girls' concert.
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Whether they're backstage at a Mariah Carey concert or on stage at a Houston rodeo, the Cheetah Girl twins Angie and Aqua know how to have fun. But since their father started dating the high priestess Abala Shaballa-yes, that's really her name!-there's one place the fun never starts: their apartment. Abala talks like she's from outer space, decorates like she's designing a haunted house, and has their dad on an all-herbal diet that's turned him as...
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Chanel has never written a song before, and she's overjoyed when her first effort, "It's Raining Benjamins," proves a hit for the Cheetah Girls. But when another group accuses her of stealing lyrics, Chanel admits that not all the words were her own. Broken-hearted and ashamed, Chanel is so low that she's considering taking up ballet, which could mean giving up on the Cheetah Girls-for good! American Ballet Theatre is recruiting junior dancers, and...
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After living most of her life in foster care, Dorinda knows she should be happy when her sister Tiffany is adopted by a rich family. But no matter how hard she tries, she can't help but feel jealous of Tiff's new clothes, new apartment, and fancy new keyboard. But when they start playing music together, they find they have the kind of musical connection Dorinda never thought possible. Their chemistry is so natural that Tiffany doesn't think twice...
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After what seems like forever, the Cheetah Girls are finally on their way into the recording studio to put together a demo tape with the help of superfamous producer Mouse Almighty. All sorts of things have held them up, from puppies and plagiarism to broken bones and social services, but now they finally have a recording date. There's just one problem: Angie and Aqua aren't going to be there! The twins' smooth vocals are the foundation of every Cheetah...
16) Bring It On
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After winning the talent competition at the Harlem School of the Arts, the Cheetah Girls have cred uptown and down. Dorinda, the most stylish Cheetah of all, thinks they're finally on their way to music industry millions. But just when things are clicking for the Cheetahs, Dorinda's home life threatens to come apart at the seams. Dorinda lives in foster care with almost a dozen other children, and even though Mr. and Mrs. Bosco aren't their real...
18) Oops, Doggy Dog!
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It seems like Galleria and the Cheetah Girls have been waiting forever to record the demo tape that's going to set the music industry on fire. They were all set to go last month, but then an accident put one girl on crutches and the Cheetahs' dreams on ice. Once they're all walking again, the Cheetahs set a date with their producer-but a four-legged problem is about to derail their plans. Galleria's next-door neighbor has a pregnant dog, and she insists...
19) Allegra
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Allegra thinks being at a performing-arts high school will change her life and make her a better dancer. But high school is still high school, complete with cliques, competition, and cruelty. Allegra's refuge comes in the form of a class she doesn't want to take - music theory, taught by a very young, very attractive male teacher. Soon all Allegra can think about is music composition-and Mr. Rochelli. But has she misunderstood his attention, or is...
20) Jam, too?
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Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A jam session forms, instrument by instrument, and welcomes a child who loves dancing along"--
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