The Song That Was Stolen

• Ages 4–9
• 20 pages
• Hardcover · 11 × 8.5 in
• By Lamont Kirton

One night, the music on Emeka’s block goes silent — the songs forgotten, the drums gone still. Something called The Dim is swallowing the songs, and a beat that nobody answers is lost forever. So Emeka follows a fading rhythm all the way back to an African village square — where a talking drum, a wise old drummer, and a quiet boy teach her that a song only lives when someone answers it back.

A story about rhythm, roots, and passing the beat on.