Is it a dream or was Drum Dream Girl was featured in the New York Times Book Review? Grateful to Maria Russo for including our book in her review Bookshelf Music...
Grateful for the KIRKUS interview Julie Danielson did with Margarita Engle and I about the creation of DRUM DREAM GIRL. She is a fantastic writer who interviews and features the work of authors and illustrators at her blog Seven Impossible Things...
I’ve been dreaming about the release of DRUM DREAM GIRL and today a new book was born. Thanks to author Margarita Engle and our young heroine Millo Castro Zaldarriaga for believing in dreams. The journey from Margarita’s poetic words to the birth of this...
Excited to post the video book trailer for DRUM DREAM GIRL due out March 31, 2015 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. What an opportunity to create this video to share her story. Looking forward to getting our book in the hands of children, teachers and librarians....
As a boy I used to read books about distant locations and dream. I count my lucky stars that at an early age my mother encouraged my imagination. Together we ground egg yolks, plants, beets, onions, and oxidized stones with the mortar she used to grind chiles and made...
