Kristy Dempsey

A Dance Like Starlight

One Ballerina's Dream

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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 prima ballerina, Janet Collins, did make her dreams come true. And those dreams inspired ballerinas everywhere, showing them that the color of their skin couldn't stop them from becoming a star. In a lyrical tale as beautiful as a dance en pointe, Kristy Dempsey and Floyd Coo… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Cooper, Floyd

ISBN: 978-0-399-25284-6
EAN: 9780399252846
Produktnummer: 19429717
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 32 S.
Sonstiges: Ab 5 - 8 J.

Über den Autor

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. You can visit her online at www.kristydempsey.com. Floyd 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.