Performing Arts

"The most important investment we can make is in our children; therefore, I'm thrilled my messages are presented to children in The Surprise Circus." -Les Brown, motivational speaker. When the circus doesn't come to her town, six-year-old Aria is disappointed. She calls the ringmaster...

Author: Adam HockPublisher: Adam HockPublished: 03/03/2025Pages: 96Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38dISBN: 9798992720112Audience: Ages 9-12

For fans of Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir and Elizabeth Fremantle, an untold story about how the plot against Anne Boleyn entrapped a gifted young musician. A glamorous queen, a volatile king, a gifted musician concealing a forbidden romance. Everyone knows Anne Boleyn's story. No...

During the 1970s, showgirls represented the pinnacle of club and resort entertainment. In the modern age, very few shows left in Las Vegas, the resorts, or Paris feature showgirls at all. This memoir presents in her own words the life of Diane Christiansen, the...

Test your knowledge of Disney's little-known facts and history! You've been to Disney World hundreds of times and can rattle off the entire spiel for the Jungle Cruise from memory, but how much do you really know about these imaginative theme parks and their...

Author: Allison Holker BossPublisher: Disney HyperionPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 40Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781368098298Audience: Ages 4-8Review Citation(s): School Library Journal 12/13/2024 pg. 1About the AuthorAllison Holker Boss is a pro dancer, on-air personality and Emmy-nominated choreographer on Dancing with the Stars. Best known to television audiences for...

A poignant coming-of-age tale about a mountain-village girl and a bear - a tale of love, sacrifice and the challenge of making the right choices 'Incredibly poignant . . . An utter delight' LoveReading4Kids High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned...

Unleash your creativity with these adorably dark animal coloring pages, from disturbingly beautiful depictions of killer kittens, extra hooved horses, blood-thirsty bunnies, and more. Ready to explore a world where the line between adorable and eerie blurs in the most delightful way? Then dive...

The Book of Joel is the visual life story of one of the world's most beloved entertainers, Joel Grey: actor, singer, dancer, director, and photographer. This sprawling yet intimate scrapbook-style volume uncovers a kaleidoscope of both famous and previously unseen photographs, family snapshots, playbills,...

Science fiction cinema has dramatically affected the perception of science by the general population. If science fiction and actual science sometimes seem at odds, they importantly share the elements of curiosity, creativity and imagination--and there are many examples of yesterday's science fiction becoming today's...

Theater is an artform where people perform plays or musicals in front of an audience. The Art of Theater explores the many styles, people, and events that make up the world of theater. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a...

The idea that morris dancing captures the essence of ancient Englishness, inherently carefree and merry, has been present for over four hundred years. The Ancient English Morris Dance traces the history of those attitudes, from the dance's introduction to England in the fifteenth century,...

A little mermaid explores the magical feeling of playing and creating with fishy friends in the Spanish edition of Sounds Like Joy, an underwater picture book from Yesenia Moises, illustrator of tennis Olympian Serena Williams's The Adventures of Qai Qai!One day, Joy finds something...

Celebrate Star Wars: The Phantom Menace with this incredible volume that presents behind-the-scenes photography and concept art, complemented by filmmaking anecdotes. Readers are also treated to a fresh perspective on the film's connections to contemporary Star Wars stories, including fan-favorites such as Star Wars:...

Have you ever wondered how big a Wookiee is? Or how long a Wampa's claws are? Could you hold Yoda's lightsaber in your hand, or face down Darth Vader? And are baby Porgs really as cute as they look? Discover the actual size of...

Featuring 28 projects based on George Lucas's epic film saga, Star Wars: Knitting the Galaxy is the ultimate guide to creating stunning projects inspired by Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Rey, and a whole host of droids, ships, and aliens from a galaxy far, far...

From the author of Rules for Rule Breaking comes a queer YA romance about two solo concertgoers and unwitting seatmates who, when the show is abruptly cut short, embark on an unforgettable North Carolina summer night together, discovering how opposites can attract under the...

Shipping Out: Race, Performance, and Labor at Sea provides a rare perspective on performance by staff above and below deck on Caribbean cruise ships, as viewed through the lenses of race, class, and gender. Drawing on her experiences as a destination lecturer on Caribbean...

Welcome to Hollywood of the 1920s: a world filled with glamour, fake names . . . and the occasional felony! July, 1924. After nine months of living in Hollywood and working as a companion to her beautiful silent-movie star sister-in-law, young British widow Emma...

Transmitting the crisis that Frederick Jackson Turner and Theodore Roosevelt feared when the frontier closed, the Western has returned to reveal a cultural watershed at work in twenty-first century America, revitalized with horror, terror and the peccant. Darkened and dystopic, contemporary Westerns point to...