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Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
Feeling isolated as the only African American in her sixth grade class, Jessi gains a sense of belonging by participating in the Baby-sitters Club, learning sign language in order to communicate with a deaf child, and dancing in a ballet.
Author
Series
Tallulah books (Marilyn Singer) volume 5
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Tallulah loves the grace and elegance of ballet and can pirouette perfectly, but at dance camp struggles to learn tap.
Author
Language
English
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Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices with Marley Dias
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Three, Four Tell Me More: Sparkle and Shine
Coretta Scott King Award Winners
Three, Four Tell Me More: Sparkle and Shine
Formats
Description
American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Pinkalicious can't wait to go to ballet class with her best friend, Alison, but things take a turn when there's a mix-up and Pinkalicious ends up in the big kids' class. Will Pinkalicious get lost among the dancers, or will she be able to jump to new heights?
Author
Series
Ballet Cat volume 2
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ballet Cat and her friend Butter Bear have practiced a dance to perform for an audience, but Butter Bear will need a lot of encouragement to try the super high leaps.
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Even though Gerry is cast as the court jester instead of the crystal princess in her ballet class's spring performance, she eventually regains her sparkle and once again feels like a fairy princess.
Author
Series
Tallulah books (Marilyn Singer) volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Tallulah is frustrated because the grownups will not let her try dancing in toe shoes yet, so she sneaks a pair out of the wastebasket and tries on her own.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Miss Lina's class of nine ballerinas are thrilled to learn that a boy, whom they imagined would be a prince charming, would be joining their class, but when he arrives he is not as princely as they thought and he decides that dancing with girls might not be so much fun either as he dashes out the door.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"The big recital is just around the corner, and all of the students in Miss Bird's dance class are busy getting ready. The stage is designed, the costumes are picked, and the dancers must practice, practice, practice! But when Mia decides to practice on her way home from class, she falls and hurts her paw. Oh, no! Can Mia still be part of the big day? Miss Bird might have the perfect part for Mia after all."--Dust jacket.
15) Brontorina
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina.
16) Ballet Bruce
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When the geese ask him for assistance with getting new ballet gear, Bruce the ever-grumpy bear agrees to help his friends get ready to stretch their wings and follow their dream of dancing.
Author
Series
Tallulah books (Marilyn Singer) volume 4
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tallulah's thrilled to play a mouse in a professional production of The Nutcracker and works very hard to be the most marvelous mouse of all, but opening night brings some surprises.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A cow who wants to be a ballerina? Are you for real? This is a hilarious, one-of-a-kind friendship story between an adventurous cow named Moo Moo and a very loyal duck named Mr. Quackers that will have you quacking up all the way through and applauding for more.
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