To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel - ISBN: 9781481486637
Hardcover
Dreams, dedication, and determination: A ballerina’s journey from childhood to the stage.

To Dance

Special Edition

  • Hardcover

    88 pages

  • Release Date

    1 November 2019

Summary

A beautifully refreshed and expanded special edition of the Sibert Honor–winning graphic memoir about the dreams and realities of becoming a ballerina.

Ballerinas are young when they first dream of dance. Siena was six—and her dreams kept skipping and leaping, circling and spinning, from airy runs along a beach near her home in Puerto Rico, to dance classes at the School of American Ballet, to her debut performance on stage with the New York City Ballet while working with ballet legen…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781481486637
ISBN-10:1481486632
Author:Siena Cherson Siegel, Mark Siegel
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:88
Release Date:1 November 2019
Weight:365g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 13mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Even more effectively than the original, this special edition of the 2006 graphic memoir about Cherson Siegel’s youth as a School of American Ballet student embodies the paradox of ballet: that every moment of seeming effortlessness on stage is the product of years of grueling work… . A spacious redesigned layout heightens the emotional effect and nicely echoes the memoir’s closing line: ‘Dancing fills a space in me.’” – The Horn Book

About The Author

Siena Cherson Siegel

Siena Cherson Siegel is an author and former dancer who trained at the School of American Ballet. To Dance and Tiny Dancer are stories from her life.

Mark Siegel is the author and illustrator of several award-winning picture books and graphic novels, including Tiny Dancer, To Dance, Moving House, and Sailor Twain. His latest project is the collaborative graphic novel series 5 Worlds, an epic science fiction story for young readers. In addition to writing and illustrating, Mark is also the founder and creative and editorial director of First Second Books, Macmillan’s graphic novel house. The Siegels live in Tarrytown, New York.

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