{"product_id":"in-my-neighborhood-9780884487012","title":"In My Neighborhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rogério Coelho\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Tilbury House Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Performing Arts - Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Tilbury House Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45036241911959,"sku":"9780884487012","price":1065.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780884487012.webp?v=1769212977","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/in-my-neighborhood-9780884487012","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}