David Gets His Drum - Hardcover

Francis, Panama; Reiser, Bob; Velasquez, Eric

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ISBN 10: 0761450882 ISBN 13: 9780761450887

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb, 2002

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In a story based on the life of jazz drummer David "Panama" Francis, a little boy named David dreams of getting his own drum and marching in the Sunday parade.

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Francis is a Marshall Cavendish author.

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PreSchool-Grade 2-Based on an incident in the childhood of a noted African-American jazz musician, this fictional memoir traces Francis's boyhood love of music and desire to play the drums. Fascinated by drummer "Brulla" Roberts, who leads a band down the streets of old Miami every Sunday, the six-year-old dreams of producing the same sound, and his parents buy him a toy drum. He rushes out to march with the band, but, on his first foray, the top of the instrument tears. Sick with disappointment, David tries various methods throughout the day to restore it, to no avail. The next morning, he wakes to find Roberts in the kitchen. The musician gives his own first drum to David, stating, "Drummer man's magic doesn't come from the drum. The magic comes from the drummer man.- You are a drummer man." The realistic oil paintings are framed in red and offer varying perspectives and a sense of historical place that invite readers into the story and lend an immediacy, yet timelessness, to the text. Giving a sense of growing up in a time when Miami was a small place, the authors show a young boy's fascination with drumming that rings true. This rewarding slice of life will inspire children to pursue their own dreams and talents.
Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha's Public Library, WI
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