A Dance Like Starlight
One Ballerina’s Dream
$38.79
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2014
Summary
An inspiring book about the first black prima ballerina, illustrated by an award-winning artist.
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 p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780399252846 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0399252843 |
| Author: | Kristy Dempsey, Floyd Cooper |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 2 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 357g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 224mm x 262mm |
| Audience Age: | 5-8 |
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Kristy Dempsey
Kristy Dempsey is a poet, writer, and librarian who is living her dreams in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She is also the author of Me With You, illustrated by Christopher Denise.
Cooper always dreamed of becoming an artist, and now has illustrated dozens of books for children. He received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Blacker the Berry and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his illustrations in Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land … He lives in New Jersey with his family.
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