"Drumming Song"

Title"Drumming Song"
Year for Search2021
AuthorsBao, Ashley
Secondary TitleLittle Blue Marble
Date PublishedNovember 26, 2019
KeywordsCanadian author, Female author, US author
Annotation

The story is set on an island in the Indian ocean that has become popular with tourists, with crops grown to feed them and send to the mainland rather than to feed the indigenous inhabitants and damaging the environment. In the story, a little girl talks to the land and seas with her drum and is taught how to begin to reverse the damage.

URLhttps://littlebluemarble.ca/2021/11/26/drumming-song/
Illustration

Illus.

Author Note

The female author is a Chinese-Canadian-American high school senior.

Full Text

2021 Bao, Ashley. “Drumming Song.” Illus. Little Blue Marble (November 26, 2021). https://littlebluemarble.ca/2021/11/26/drumming-song/

The story is set on an island in the Indian ocean that has become popular with tourists, with crops grown to feed them and send to the mainland rather than to feed the indigenous inhabitants and damaging the environment. In the story, a little girl talks to the land and seas with her drum and is taught how to begin to reverse the damage. The female author is a Chinese-Canadian-American high school senior.