{"product_id":"in-my-neighborhood","title":"In My Neighborhood","description":"\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":"Rogerio Coelho","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42849075626045,"sku":"9780884487012","price":26.96,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780884487012_cc73b4e2-3d4a-4c3f-996f-c8261b50865e.jpg?v=1766992821","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/in-my-neighborhood","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}