DRUMMER BOY OF JOHN JOHN Hardback

Item No: 21055

$18.95

by Mark Greenwood.
Carnival time in Trinidad! Chac chac players rattle their gourds: Shoush-SHAPshukka—SHAC, while the bottle-and-spoon orchestra taps jingle jangle tingle tangle clink clank CLUNK. Sun-drenched illustrations and calypso rhythms invite kids to join in the parade with their own voices, body percussion, found sounds and instruments. Based on the true story of Winston "Spree" Simon, the little drummer who invented the "Ping Pong” steel pan drum. With bio, glossary, andnotes on the island culture of Trinidad. Hardback

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