A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream

A story of little ballerinas with big dreams. Little ballerinas have big dreams. Dreams of pirouettes and...
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Author: Kristy Dempsey
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream by Dempsey, Kristy

A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream

$42.33

A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream

$42.33
Author: Kristy Dempsey
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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 Cooper tell the story of one little ballerina who was inspired by Janet Collins to make her own dreams come true.

Author: Kristy Dempsey
Publisher: Philomel Books
Published: 01/02/2014
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.80w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780399252846
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 163048 / Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream


Award: Golden Kite - Winner
Award: Monarch Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 11/04/2013
School Library Journal 01/01/2014 pg. 66
Shelf Awareness 01/17/2014
Booklist 02/15/2014 pg. 73
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2014
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 26 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
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.

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