A heartwarming contemporary middle-grade novel that will resonate with an entire generation of young readers with dreams of music in a rough economy.While other kids dream about cars, sports, and fashion, all eleven-year-old Samantha Morris dreams about is playing the drums. But it's hard to make her dreams come true when her parents are against it, she bangs on dictionaries because she can't afford a real kit, and her middle school is cutting its music program.Sam's only hope to accomplish her dream is to find a private music teacher and pay for lessons herself -- even if it means borrowing the family lawn mower without permission to make the money. But when one of her friends tells her she's the worst percussionist in the band, she starts to wonder if she's got what it takes. If Sam wants to become a real drummer, she must also overcome her own doubts if she wants to succeed.

A stunning holiday book by beloved Otis creator Loren Long In this charming Christmas story, a toy drummer boy embarks--accidentally--on a journey on which he plays his drum and warms the hearts of everyone he encounters, from a rat to a snowman. Set against a snowy landscape by the bestselling Loren Long, this is a perfect read for chilly winter evenings. Long brings this story of an unforgettable little drummer boy to vivid life with his timeless and magical art.

Product Description: Being in a band is Stelle’s salvation. It is her escape from the chaotic clutter at home and her mother’s depression. Even though she is able to lose herself for a few hours, pounding away on the drums in the basement of her dad’s new house, as soon as she leaves, it’s as if the world is going crazy all around her: one bandmate’s parents refuse to acknowledge their son is gay; her band’s only potential lead singer dresses like a vampire; and even her best friend, Lu, with the “perfect family,” has been on edge lately...read more

Product Description: Out of Play by Jolene Perry and Nyrae DawnRock star drummer Bishop Riley doesn't have a drug problem. Celebrities-especially ones suffering from anxiety-just need a little help taking the edge off sometimes. After downing a few too many pills, Bishop wakes up in the hospital facing an intervention...read more

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Playing his drums on a young child's doorstep, a little drummer boy is accidentally knocked into the trash and taken away on a wild adventure--delighting all he meets with his wonderful music and playing for the best audience of all when he ends up at a manger one miraculous winter's eve...read more

Product Description: Paisley Tillery is the drummer for a country rock band. If they can make it to the stage at the Texapalooza music fest, then Paisley will be closer to her dream of a career in music and a ticket out of her small Texas town. Drumming and music are what Paisley has always wanted...read more

Product Description: This story about a shy boy who finds a way to honor the Christ child contains a sound button and a glow light. The Little Drummer Boy tells the heartwarming story of a small boy who finds his own special way to honor and help calm Baby Jesus...read more

Product Description: Danny’s a truly talented drummer, and everyone at rockley park seems to know it. but Charlie, the other drummer in seventh grade, is jealous of Danny’s success and keeps getting in his way. when tension mounts between the two rivals, they’re given a dif- ficult punishment—they have to play a drumming duet in the school concert! only one of them will come out on top...read more

When she moves to Austin, Texas, small-town girl Miranda decides to reinvent herself and, learning how to play the drums with a vengeance, joins a band and falls for the gorgeous bass player who has no interest in rocker chicks.

When she moves to Austin, Texas, small-town girl Miranda decides to reinvent herself and, learning how to play the drums with a vengeance, joins a band and falls for the gorgeous bass player who has no interest in rocker chicks.

Having eagerly joined Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as a drummer boy, twelve-year-old Caleb Johnson's growing fear of war and the enemy climaxes when he is captured at Gettysburg and forced to work in hospitals, then faces betrayal just as heis beginning to trust his captors.

A little mouse who is teased for being the smallest and for playing an acorn drum is singled out to give a gift to the very special child who has been born in a nearby stable.

'Tetsuro Takamitsu, a Japanese drummer, has devoted his life to taiko drumming, sacrificing family for performing. McKenna Stafford, an African American doctor, has given her life to medicine, abandoning hope of marriage and children. Brought together bya freak accident, McKenna finds her heart repaired as she mends Tetsuro's hand'--P. [4] of cover.

A rhyming picture book tells the story of Jordan 'Old Jordan' Noble, the drummer boy of the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, whose rumble summoned General Andrew Jackson's troops into action.

An orphan boy named Aaron, who has a magical drum, and his animal friends are captured and forced to work as entertainers, but when Joshua the camel is sold to three kings on a special journey, Aaron follows them to Bethlehem.

When Rachel Ganelli witnesses the murder of a member of an Australian rock band, she flees home to New York and to her meddling parents