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Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer (Step Into Reading, Step 4)

Author : Michaela DePrince

Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers

Page : 50 pages

File Size : 19,67 MB

Release : 2014-10-14

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0385755155

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Book Description

Perfect for newly independent readers—discover the amazing life of one of America’s top ballerinas, Michaela DePrince, whose story is soon to be told in a major motion picture directed by Madonna. At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true. She has been dancing ever since and is now a principal dancer in New York City and has been featured in the ballet documentary First Position, as well as Dancing with the Stars, Good Morning America, and Oprah magazine. Young readers will love learning about this inspiring ballerina in this uplifting and informative leveled reader. This Step 4 Step into Reading book is for newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence.



Ballerina Dreams

Author : Lauren Thompson

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 52 pages

File Size : 36,27 MB

Release : 2007-10-02

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780312370299

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Book Description

The inspiring story of five little girls whose ballerina dreams come true with the help of their dedicated teacher.



Ballet Dreams

Author : Cerrie Burnell

Publisher : Scholastic UK

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 18,79 MB

Release : 2016-02-04

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1407163108

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Book Description

Once there was a little girl who dreamed of dancing. Of skipping over rooftops and pirouetting round the moon. One day the girl sees the ballet practice for Swan Lake, and decides that all she wants is to become a ballerina... An enchanting picture book about following your dreams, written by CBeebies' presenter Cerrie Burnell.



Dancing Friends

Author : Ann Bryant

Publisher : Usborne Pub Limited

Page : 326 pages

File Size : 24,93 MB

Release : 2007-06-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780794517410

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Book Description

Collects three stories starring three friends, each of whom struggles to conquer an obstacle in order to attend ballet class and become a professional ballerina.



Ballerina Dreams

Author : Lauren Thompson

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 52 pages

File Size : 50,43 MB

Release : 2007-10-02

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0312370296

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Book Description

The inspiring story of five little girls whose ballerina dreams come true with the help of their dedicated teacher.



Poppy's Secret Wish

Author : Ann Bryant

Publisher : Usborne Books

Page : 106 pages

File Size : 14,99 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Ballet

ISBN : 9780746060247

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Book Description

Poppy loves, loves, loves ballet. Her greatest wish is to be a ballerina. But her secret wish is that Miss Caralie will choose her to do the exam with her best friend, Jasmine. Poppy's trying so hard in class, but the butterflies are shooting around inside her. Suddenly, the door bangs open and in crashes the new girl, Rose. Will Poppy get her secret wish now?



Taking Flight

Author : Michaela DePrince

Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 28,22 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0385755112

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Book Description

"The memoir of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States"--



My Ballet Dream

Author : Adèle Geras

Publisher : Orchard Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 12,92 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Ballet

ISBN : 9781408309810

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Book Description

Tutu Tilly been busy practising her ballet steps for the recital, but will everything go to plan on the big day? Will her dreams come true.



A Dance Like Starlight

Author : Kristy Dempsey

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 34 pages

File Size : 50,11 MB

Release : 2014-01-02

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0399252843

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Book Description

A story of little ballerinas with big dreams. Little ballerinas have big dreams. Dreams of pirouettes and grande jetes, dreams of attending the best ballet schools and of dancing starring roles on stage. But in Harlem in the 1950s, dreams don’t always come true—they take a lot of work and a lot of hope. And sometimes hope is hard to come by. But the first African-American prima ballerina, Janet Collins, did make her dreams come true. And those dreams inspired ballerinas everywhere, showing them that the color of their skin couldn’t stop them from becoming a star. In a lyrical tale as beautiful as a dance en pointe, Kristy Dempsey and Floyd Cooper tell the story of one little ballerina who was inspired by Janet Collins to make her own dreams come true.



Brave Ballerina

Author : Michelle Meadows

Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Page : 19 pages

File Size : 36,90 MB

Release : 2019-01-08

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1250242231

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Book Description

A lyrical picture book biography of Janet Collins, the first African American principal dancer at the Metropolitan Opera House. Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and 40s, a time when racial segregation was widespread in the United States. Janet pursued dance with a passion, despite being rejected from discriminatory dance schools. When she was accepted into the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as a teenager on the condition that she paint her skin white for performances, Janet refused. She continued to go after her dreams, never compromising her values along the way. From her early childhood lessons to the height of her success as the first African American prima ballerina in the Metropolitan Opera, Brave Ballerina is the story of a remarkable pioneer as told by Michelle Meadows, with fantastic illustrations from Ebony Glenn.