Wood-Hoopoe Willie

By: Virginia Kroll / Illustrated by: Katherine Roundtree "You could always hear Willie coming. If his toes weren't tapping, his knuckles were rapping." Every chance he gets, Willie makes music. He will use anything to create the sounds of the rhythms he feels inside him - forks, pencils, even hot pepper shakers. Willie dreams of playing the African instruments of his ancestors that his Grandpa describes: guedras, ecasas, atumpan, and dundun drums. The Kwanzaa festival and the encouragement of his Grandpa provide the ingredients for Willie's triumphant search for his place in the sun. If you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:Magic TrashKenya's SongMetal Man [TABS] Look Inside Author & Illustrator Virginia Kroll, author Virginia Kroll attended Canisius College and the State University of New York at Buffalo. She was formerly an elementary school teacher and has raised six children of her own. It was Virginia's love of children that led her to begin her career as a children'