When a sassy drummer starts kindergarten, the rules of

school cramp her style. What’s a young rock star to do?

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller  illustrated by Joe Cepeda

Also
available in
Spanish

When Lupe Lopez

struts through the doors
of Hector P. Garcia
Elementary in sunglasses
with two taped-up No. 2
pencils—drumsticks, of
course—poking from her
pocket, her confidence is
off the charts. All day, Lupe
drums on desks, tables, and
chairs while Ms. Quintanilla
reminds her of school rules.
Lupe has her own rules:
1) Don’t listen to anyone.
2) Make lots of noise. ¡Rataplán!
3) Have fans, not friends. But with her new teacher Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules!
¡Lupe Lopez: ¡Reglas de una estrella de rock!
less than starstruck, and fans hard to come by, Lupe
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wonders if having friends is such a bad idea after all. English HC: 978-1-5362-0954-9 Spanish HC: 978-1-5362-2006-3
Can it be that true star power means knowing when to $17.99 ($23.99 CAN) Ages 3–7 32 pages
share the spotlight? With its spirited illustrations and Also available as e-books

a simple text threaded with Spanish words, this picture

book is proof positive that being a strong girl moving to
her own beat doesn’t have to mean pushing others away.

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo is a filmmaker and author of the

award-winning young-adult novel Fat Angie and its sequels,
Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution and Fat Angie: Homecoming.
They live in California.

Pat Zietlow Miller is the author of the New York Times

best-selling Be Kind, My Brother the Duck, and other books for
young readers. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Joe Cepeda is an award-winning illustrator of more than

thirty books for children. Born and raised in East Los Angeles,
he lives in Southern California.

Illustration copyright © 2022 by Joe Cepeda