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The World of Dance

Dancing Through Fire

Portraits: Dancing Through Fire
Kathryn Lasky
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 8 to 12
Scholastic, 2005, 0-439-71009-X
 

Little Ballerina

Little Ballerina
Sue Harris
Patricia MacCarthy
Novelty Book
Ages 6 to 8
Scholastic, 2005, 0-439-83078-8
 

Isadora Dances

Isadora Dances
Rachel Isadora
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Penguin, 1998, 0-14-056670-8
 
 

Jose Born to Dance

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

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

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

Readers who enjoy this feature might also like to look at the following pages:

The Angelina Ballerina Books

Marie Dancing

Marie, Dancing
Carolyn Meyer
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Harcourt, 2005, 0-15-205116-03
 
 

James the Dancing Dog

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

Belinda in Paris
Amy Young
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Penguin, 2005, 0-670-03693-5
 
 

Tanya and the Red Shoes

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

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

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

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

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

I am a ballerina
Valerie Coulman
Illustrated by Sandra Lamb
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Lobster Press, 2004, 189422291-1
 

Because

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

Clair-de-Lune
Cassandra Golds
Fiction
Ages 10 and up
Random House, 2006, 0-375-83395-1
 

Sparks Fly high

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

Ballet Sisters: The Duckling and the Swan
Jan Ormerod
Fiction
Ages 5 to 7
Scholastic, 2007, 0-439-82281-5
 

Xtraordinary Artists Rudolf Nureyev

Xtraordinary Artists: Rudolf Nureyev
Jennifer Fandel
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
The Creative Company, 2006, 1-58341-308-4
 

Beyond the Dance

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

On Stage, Please
Veronica Tennant
Illustrated by Rita Briansky
Fiction
Ages 9 to 12
Tundra Books, 1977, 0-88776-464-9
 

Katy Duck

Katy Duck

Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Illustrated by Henry Cole

Board Book

Ages Infant to 4

Simon and Schuster, 2007, 1-4169-1901-5

 

If I were a ballerina

If I were a...Ballerina

Pat Hegarty

Illustrated by Liz and Kate Pop

Novelty Board Book

Ages 2 to 4

Tiger Tales, 2007, 1-58925-834-7

 

 

Rap a tap tap

Rap a tap tap: Here’s Bojangles – Think of that

Leo and Diane Dillon

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Scholastic, 2002, 0-590-47883-4

 

 

Footwork

Footwork: The Story of Fred and Adele Astaire

Roxanne Orgill

Illustrated by Stephane Jorisch

Non Fiction Picture Book

Ages 7 to 9

Candlewick Press, 2007, 978-0-7636-2121-6

 

 

 

 

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