I Will Dance


Book Description

This poetic and uplifting picture book illustrated by the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines follows a young girl born with cerebral palsy as she pursues her dream of becoming a dancer. Like many young girls, Eva longs to dance. But unlike many would-be dancers, Eva has cerebral palsy. She doesn’t know what dance looks like for someone who uses a wheelchair. Then Eva learns of a place that has created a class for dancers of all abilities. Her first movements in the studio are tentative, but with the encouragement of her instructor and fellow students, Eva becomes more confident. Eva knows she’s found a place where she belongs. At last her dream of dancing has come true.




We Will Dance Our Truth


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In this innovative, performative approach to the expressive culture of the Yaqui (Yoeme) peoples of the Sonora and Arizona borderlands, David Delgado Shorter provides an altogether fresh understanding of Yoeme worldviews. Based on extensive field study, Shorter's interpretation of the community's ceremonies and oral traditions as forms of "historical inscription" reveals new meanings of their legends of the Talking Tree, their narrative of myth-and-history known as the Testamento, their fabled deer dances, funerary rites, and church processions.




Let's Dance!


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This rhythmic showcase of dances from all over the world features children of diverse backgrounds and abilities tapping, spinning, and boogying away! Tap, twirl, twist, spin! With musical, rhyming text, author Valerie Bolling shines a spotlight on dances from across the globe, while energetic art from Maine Diaz shows off all the moves and the diverse people who do them. From the cha cha of Cuba to the stepping of Ireland, kids will want to leap, dip, and zip along with the dances on the page!




Today I Dance


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The day has finally come, the first day of dance class. With shoes packed snug in her bag, we watch as mom and daughter head to the studio for an afternoon filled with ballet, tap, and jazz. A classroom of new friends awaits as we watch our little girl's feet take center stage, moving to the rhythm of the music. Boasting with self-confidence and pride, a new star is beginning to discover her shine as she falls in love with the way her body seamlessly moves to the sound of the beat. Inspired by author Nia Sioux's own love for the dance floor, this beautifully enriched story is all about dance and discovery. Highlighting the diverse and accepting culture within the world of the arts, this book is a simple story centered around the all-important message of inclusion.




I Can't Walk, So I'll Learn to Dance


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In a poignant account reminiscent of The Autobiography of Helen Keller and Christy Brown's My Left Foot, Carolyn Martin recalls how she slowly proved to herself and those around her that she had both intelligence and human worth, despite a severe physical handicap.




I Can Dance My Feelings


Book Description

The 'I Can Dance series' illustrates that dance is for people of all abilities, and is more than just steps. It is also about exploring, reflecting and experiencing our world through an artistic medium.




I Will Dance


Book Description

This poetic and uplifting picture book illustrated by the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines follows a young girl born with cerebral palsy as she pursues her dream of becoming a dancer. Like many young girls, Eva longs to dance. But unlike many would-be dancers, Eva has cerebral palsy. She doesn’t know what dance looks like for someone who uses a wheelchair. Then Eva learns of a place that has created a class for dancers of all abilities. Her first movements in the studio are tentative, but with the encouragement of her instructor and fellow students, Eva becomes more confident. Eva knows she’s found a place where she belongs. At last her dream of dancing has come true.




I Will Dance This Dance


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The early 1980s were a time of great change in America. A recent invention, the personal computer, was quickly altering the nature of the workplace and reducing the need for jobs and workers to fill them. The runaway inflation of the 1970s was gradually being reined in, but the good news came at a price. As the government vowed to cut back on spending, companies went out of business at a record rate, the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In this powerful story of love, dancing and courage, learn how the author struggled to hold his world together, even as it collapsed around him.




"I Will Dance Again"


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This book is dedicated to Delilah Mae Bailey.. This is a short story about a little girl who would never give up after everything she loved to do was taken away. She was depressed but she kept going no matter what. She had hip dysplasia at birth but it was not detected by her pediatrician until she was a year and a half. Walking, talking, playing with her friends, little did she know it would soon come to an end. This book tells the story of a strong hearted little girl, who in her worse moments said she would dance again, walk on the grass again, and play with her friends.




We Will Dance Again


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September 22, 2013. This is the day that Dianne Sauter, a mother of three wonderful boys, got the call that would change their family forever. Her youngest son Michael, twenty-three, was involved in a motor vehicle accident. This is the unexpected journey of faith in thirty-three days.