A dance like starlight one ballerina's dream
A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA),
[2014]
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| Summary: | A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780399252846 (hbk.) 0399252843 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: | 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. |
