| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm |
| Summary |
"A beautifully realized city inhabited by musical instruments. A search for one's place in the world provides the storyline: The narrator, a drum, feels like an outcast because he alone--unlike his family and friends--cannot play a melody. Like all kids growing up, he must find out where he fits. The narrator, a drum, wanders the streets of Coelho's vividly realized city of musical instruments--where even the birds sprout miniature trumpets from their mouths--feeling like an outcast because he alone, among all his family and neighbors, can't play a melody. He adores his violin brother, cello father, and piano mother but feels he has nothing to offer to their music. search for identity in a city of musical instruments. "My father is Cello, and oh, what a fellow.The tone of his laugh is low, smooth, and mellow.But me? My name's Drum. BOOM-CLACK, RAT-A-TAT.My head is a snare and I wear a hi-hat.My stomach's a bass drum, my arms are drumsticks,and my only song is CLICK-CLACK, CLACK-CLICK." But one day a trio of saxophones ask him to join their band, and what they tell him gives him an epiphany "So that's what a drum does! I now understand.I don't carry a tune; I carry a band." But he must still prove it to himself, and that takes all his courage. Loubriel's story of bravery and identity, infused with Latin rhythms and joy, provides a fine vehicle for Coelho's vibrant technique and palette. Coelho's city of music bursts with exuberance. In backmatter,Loubriel, a lifelong drummer, explains how the drum kit lays a song's foundation. The bass drum is the heartbeat; the hi hat is the dynamic metronome; the snare drum is the drum kit's singer." |
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Musical instruments -- Juvenile fiction.
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Self-esteem -- Juvenile fiction.
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Self-realization -- Juvenile fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music.
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| Genre/Form |
Children's stories.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Stories in rhyme.
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Picture books.
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| Added Author |
Coelho, Rogério, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780884487012 |
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0884487016 |
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9780884487036 (ePub ebook) |
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