Features
The World of Dance
Portraits: Dancing Through Fire
Kathryn Lasky
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 8 to 12
Scholastic, 2005, 0-439-71009-X
Little Ballerina
Sue Harris
Patricia MacCarthy
Novelty Book
Ages 6 to 8
Scholastic, 2005, 0-439-83078-8
Isadora Dances
Rachel Isadora
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Penguin, 1998, 0-14-056670-8
Jose! Born to Dance: The Story of Jose Limon
Susanna Reich
Illustrated by Raul Colon
Non-fiction picture book
Ages 5 to 9
Simon and Schuster, 2005, 0-689-86576-7
Degas and the Little Dancer: A Story about Edgar Degas
Laurence Anholt
Picture Book
Ages 8 and up
Barron's Educational Series Inc., 1996, 0-8120-6583-2
Degas and the Dance: The Painter and the Petits Rats, Perfecting their art
Susan Goldman Rubin
Non-Fiction picture book
Ages 6 to 10
Abrams, 2002, 0-8109-0567-1
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Marie, Dancing
Carolyn Meyer
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Harcourt, 2005, 0-15-205116-03
James the Dancing Dog
Linda Maybarduk
Illustrated by Gillian Johnson
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Tundra Books, 2004, 0-88776-619-6
Belinda in Paris
Amy Young
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Penguin, 2005, 0-670-03693-5
Tanya and the Red Shoes
Patricia Lee Gauch
Illustrated by Satomi Ichikawa
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Penguin Putnam, 2002, 0-399-23314-8
Starring Prima! The Mouse of the Ballet Jolie
Jacquelyne Mitchard
Illustrated by Tricia Tusa
Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
HarperCollins, 2004, 0-06-057356-2
Stompin’ At the Savoy: The Story of Norma Miller
Collected and Edited by Alan Govenar
Illustrated by Martin French
Non-Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Candlewick Press, 2006, 076362244-3
To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel
Siena Siegel
Artwork by Mark Siegel
Non-Fiction Graphic Novel
Ages 9 to 12
Simon and Schuster, 2006, 0-689-86747-6
Dancing With Katya
Dori Chaconas
Illustrated by Constance R. Bergum
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Peachtree Press, 2006, 1-56145-376-5
I am a ballerina
Valerie Coulman
Illustrated by Sandra Lamb
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Lobster Press, 2004, 189422291-1
Because…
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Vladimir Radunsky
Illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2007, 0-689-87582-7
Clair-de-Lune
Cassandra Golds
Fiction
Ages 10 and up
Random House, 2006, 0-375-83395-1
Sparks Fly High: The Legend of Dancing Point
Retold by Mary Quattlebaum
Pictures by Leonid Gore
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006, 0-374-34452-3
Ballet Sisters: The Duckling and the Swan
Jan Ormerod
Fiction
Ages 5 to 7
Scholastic, 2007, 0-439-82281-5
Xtraordinary Artists: Rudolf Nureyev
Jennifer Fandel
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
The Creative Company, 2006, 1-58341-308-4
Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina’s Life
Chan Hon Goh with Cary Fagan
Non-Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Tundra Books, 2002, 0-88776-596-3
On Stage, Please
Veronica Tennant
Illustrated by Rita Briansky
Fiction
Ages 9 to 12
Tundra Books, 1977, 0-88776-464-9
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