Books with title Salsa

Young Rita gets all kinds of advice about salsa music from her family: how to play and sing it, how to dance to it, even how to dress for it! Learning about dance steps and musical instruments such as the güiro, timbales, and congas, Rita becomes so filled with enthusiasm that she dreams of someday becoming a salsa band director. While introducing young readers to the delights of this rich music, Colón-Vilá explores the combination of African, Caribbean, and American cultures that created it. With vibrant illustrations that capture the very essence, spirit, and rhythm of salsa, this captivating picture will have both children and adults tapping their feet as they read this lively tale.

Young Rita gets all kinds of advice about salsa music from her family--how to play it, how to dance to it, even how to dress for it! Learning about salsa dance steps and musical instruments such as the güiro, piano, timbales, congas, and brass, Rita becomes so filled with enthusiasm that she dreams of someday becoming a salsa band director. With vibrant illustrations that capture the very essence, spirit and rhythm of salsa, this captivating picture book literally dances in the readers hands. Both children and adults will have trouble keeping their feet from tapping as they read this enchanting, bilingual tale.

Young Rita gets all kinds of advice about salsa music from her family--how to play it, how to dance to it, even how to dress for it! Learning about salsa dance steps and musical instruments such as the güiro, piano, timbales, congas, and brass, Rita becomes so filled with enthousiasm that she dreams of someday becoming a salsa band director. With vibrant illustrations that capture the very essence, spirit and rhythm of salsa, this captivating picture book literally dances in the readers hands. Both children and adults wil have trouble keeping thir feet from tapping as they read this enchanting tale.