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A Child's Introduction to Ballet: The Stories, Music, and Magic of Classical Dance (Book and
CD)
by Laura Lee and Meredith Hamilton
Ages 4-8
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From the Inside Flap
Welcome to the magical world of ballet! In this book
you'll experience dance in a whole new way by listening and learning at the same time. You'll read
about the history of ballet and its most famous dancers, composers, and choreographers. You'll find
out a little bit about the different ballet steps and positions (and get a chance to try them
yourself). And best of all, you'll read the wonderful stories of the world's greatest ballets, and,
as the stories unfold, you can listen to pieces of music from some of them. Soon, you will be a
ballet expert!
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Angelina's Ballet Class (Angelina Ballerina)
by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig
Ages 4-8
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Product Description
Come along as Angelina spins, twirls, and dances her way
through Miss Lilly's ballet class. With instructions for each step, little girls can learn to dance
just like Angelina! Cardstock pages and ribbons are included to make your own flip book to make
Angelina dance!
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Ballerina!
by Peter Sis
Ages 4-8
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Product Description
Do you love to dance?
If so, this is the book for you!
Twist!
Stretch!
Reach!
Leap!
Be a swan!
Be a tiger!
Be a flame!
Be a ballerina!
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Ballerina Girl
by Kirsten Hall
Ages 4-8
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Product Description
Young children will love learning to read with these
storybooks. Once they can recognize and identify the words used to tell each story, the will be
able to successfully read on their own. Features a word list.
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Ballet Kitty: Ballet Class
by Bernette Ford and Sam Williams
Ages 4-8
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Product Description
Encore! Young dance fans will clap and cheer as the enormously popular star
of Ballet Kitty returns for a repeat performance. And this time, she's
embarking on a brand new adventure: her very first real ballet class.
Dressed in their prettiest slippers and leotards, Kitty and her friend Princess
Pussycat are all prepared to do perfect pliés and glide gracefully across the
floor. Their pal Ginger Tom isn't so sure about ballet, though; he's wearing
sneakers and shorts and grumpily saying, "I don't want to go!" But by the end of
class everyone's learned that even without the right costume a dancer can deserve a
big round of applause.
Bernette Ford and Sam Williams have created a charming, lighthearted story that
will appeal to any ballet-loving child and provide young ballerinas and danseurs
with an introduction to dance class, too.
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Ballet of the Elephants
by Leda Schubert and Robert Andrew Parker
Ages 4-8
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Product Description
Sparking watercolors-and-ink illustrations dance across the page and spill out onto a
horizontal foldout of elephants and ballerinas spotlighted together--in the true story of
"Circus Polka," choreographed in 1942 by George Balanchine, with music by Igor Stravinsky
and performances by John Ringling North's elephants. Robert Andrew Parker brings his love
of theater, dance, and costume to this captivating story. Leda Schubert's background note
includes black-and-white photos of the actual performance.
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Ballet School
by Naia Bray-Moffatt and David Handley
Ages 4-8
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Product Description
Transport young readers into a real ballet class with
Ballet School! Beautiful full color photography captures children learning how to form the five
positions, perform basic dance techniques, and put on a recital. Follow along with the class as
they learn how to warm up before practicing, perform jumps and leaps, execute the perfect final
curtsy or bow, and much more.
Ballet School captivates by showing the gracefulness of ballet in the atmosphere of a real
class, letting children learn what to expect from a ballet class. Whether reading about how to
dress for a performance, observing the difference between pointe shoes and slippers, or learning
how to tell a story through ballet, young dancers will love this very special introduction to the
world of dance.
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Ellen Tebbits
by Beverly Cleary and Tracy Dockray
Ages 9-12
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Product Description
Ellen was eight years old and wore bands on her teeth. Her best friend had just moved away and
she missed her. Still, as she walked to the Spofford School of the Dance one Saturday, she was
almost glad she had no best friend. Best friends do not have secrets from each other, and Ellen had
a secret she did not want to share with anyone. But by the time the dancing lesson was over (surely
the most devastating dancing lesson on record), Ellen had found a best friend and shared her
secret. The best friend was Austine, and the secret was that Ellen was wearing woolen underwear. So
was Austine!
This whole book is a cause for rejoicing, for Mrs. Cleary has done it again. Ellen
Tebbits is as funny as Henry Huggins. Perhaps it is even funnier. The children who read
it will decide for themselves. Louis Darling, who has provided the wonderful illustrations, has
already made his decision. He calls it a draw.
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I Wear My Tutu Everywhere!
by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Ages 4-8
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Product Description
When Tilly wants to wear her tutu all the time
and rips it on the playground, Mama surprises her with the best place to wear it--dancing
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