{"product_id":"in-my-neighborhood-oscar-loubriel-9780884487012","title":"In My Neighborhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoubriel'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oscar Loubriel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0884487016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780884487012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tilbury House Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 10.16w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021 pg. 62","brand":"Oscar Loubriel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053550792959,"sku":"9780884487012","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf572807-52ca-4e7e-a520-47d6172539c2.jpg?v=1685024958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-my-neighborhood-oscar-loubriel-9780884487012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}