Drum, Chavi, Drum!/Toca, Chavi, Toca! [Spanish]

by Mayra Lazara Dole

Book Overview

Chavi's music teacher believes that only boys should play drums in Miami'sestival de la Calle Ocho, but Chavi knows she is a good musician and looksor a way to prove it.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0892391863
• ISBN13: 9780892391868
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Cha-Cha-Chavi is a Little Latina Dynamite!

Finally, a book about two dynamic Latino girl characters. The determination of Chavi, against all odds, to play the congas in the Little Havana Calle Ocho Festival will have you rooting for her. You can practically feel, smell and touch everything in her barrio; this is due to the vibrant, lively writing and the wild colorful artwork. Your kids will love Chavi and view her as a little barrio heroine.

A role model for our children

Mayra Dole's character, Chavi, is a touching, vibrant, young female character you will want to introduce to your children. In fact, Chavi is so "touching" that she can't keep her hands from tap-tap-tapping everything that she comes in contact with. Chavi is a drummer in a culture where girls are not supposed to drum. Despite the strong forces trying to stop her, Chavi perseveres and lives out her dream. This book will give you a taste of Miami and its unique blends of cultures. Beautifully illustrated and written in both Spanish and English, this is a story that will most certainly...touch you.

a book for any young child

Drum, Chavi, Drum (Toca, Chavi, Toca) is a marvelously written and illustrated story young children will enjoy. A child would not only find this book entertaining, but it is also useful for any child's learning on several levels. It is bilingual, exposes readers to Miami Cuban-American culture, and shows that girls need not be held back from persuing their dreams. I recommend it to all parents of young children.

A BOOK THAT ENCHANTS AND INSTRUCTS

With a crisp and witty text both in English and in Spanish, and appropriate illustrations that will charm children and adults alike, "Drum, Chavi, Drum" delights as well as it teaches. Besides the obvious advantages to a child who is learning either language, this beautiful book contains valuable lessons in social justice and equality, taught in a fun and most palatable way. Children will cheer for Chavi as she tries to show her drumming skills in the popular and colorful Calle Ocho Festival in Miami, a festival that comes alive in this wonderful tale. Mayra Dole's book should be seriously considered in a bilingual elementary school curriculum.

Exquisite Book

Drum, Chavi, Drum is a bilingual book for all ages. Mayra L. Dole, the author, has an exquisite, rythmical lyrical-prose style that is so vivid, so alive, so real and urgent, that you cannot help but be transported into her lively Cuban culture and come out dying to read anything she has ever written. This book is a gem. It touches upon many delicate subjects in lower working-class Latino cultures in an upbeat, fun way. Kids will fall in love with Chavi, her attitude toward life and the way she transforms her feelings into pure rythym. A must buy. The art work is expressive and vibrant. I highly recommend this book.