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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents never-before-seen photos, inspirational quotes, and Chloe's own doodles and poetry that offer exclusive insight into Chloe's world as well as a message that will inspire all readers to be their very best selves.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A dancer describes how dancing can be performed in a variety of places, including a grassy field or sandy beach, and during such activities as skipping down the stairs, dribbling a soccer ball, or flying a kite.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
True story of five little girls with cerebral palsy or other physical disabilities who were determined to become ballerinas.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that many Highland dances use swords to prove their strength? Or that bharatanatyam dancers perform with bells around their ankles and red dye on their hands and feet? There's a whole world of dances out there! Told with simple language and shown with vivid photographs, A World of Dancers is perfect for emerging readers curious about the fascinating and varied dancers worldwide"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Misty Copeland became the first African American Female Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, but how did she get there?--
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Osage Indian ballerina whose love of dance took her from a life on a reservation to a career on the stage.
10) Rudolph Nureyev
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the Russian dancer, describing his childhood and early training, his time as a member of the Kirov ballet, his difficult decision to leave his family and defect to the West, and his career as a world-famous dancer.
Author
Publisher
Imagine Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A cartoon ballerina named Prima Princessa hosts this introduction to the art form. Photographs feature the essential steps of becoming a professional, all taken at the School of American Ballet in New York City. Ballerinas demonstrate poses and steps for readers to replicate, as the text describes each technique.
13) Josephine Baker
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents information about Josephine Baker, from her childhood in St. Louis and her early career in New York to her rise to fame in France and her role as a spy in World War II.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven-year-old, with the help of her new books, starts teaching herself the basics of classical ballet....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a young girl in Cuba, Alicia Alonso practiced ballet in tennis shoes. Within a few years, she was in New York City, with a promising ballet career. But her eyesight began to fail. When Alicia needed surgeries to save her vision, dancing was impossible, but she wouldn't give up her dream. She found the strength and determination to return to the stage and become a prima ballerina. This is the true story of a woman who overcame her challenges, mastered...
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When she was only five years old, her parents took her to see the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Raven perched on her crushed velvet seat, heard the tympani, and cried with delight even before the curtain lifted. From that moment on, her passion for dance only grew stronger. No black ballerina had ever danced with a major American touring troupe before. Raven would be the first. All Raven Wilkinson wanted to do was dance. On Raven's ninth birthday,...
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