A dance like starlight, one ballerina's dream, by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
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A dance like starlight, one ballerina's dream, by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Elementary Grade1100, Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
A dance like starlight
Oclc number
835611576
Responsibility statement
by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, 4.4.Accelerated Reader AR, LG, 4.4, 0.5, 163048.Reading Counts RC, K-2, 9.4, 1, Quiz: 62320.
Sub title
one ballerina's dream
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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- Discrimination -- Fiction
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2014
- Picture books for children
- Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 -- Fiction
- Livres d'images
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Livres d'images pour enfants
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- -- Juvenile fiction
- picture books
- New York (N.Y.) -- Histoire -- 1951- -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Ballet dancing -- Fiction
- Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 -- Juvenile fiction
- Picture books
- Noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Discrimination -- Juvenile fiction
- Ballet dancing -- Juvenile fiction
- Picture books for children
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- -- Fiction
- Ballet (Danse) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Sophisticated picture books.
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- Genre6
- Subject21
- Discrimination -- Fiction
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2014
- Picture books for children
- Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 -- Fiction
- Livres d'images
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Livres d'images pour enfants
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- -- Juvenile fiction
- picture books
- New York (N.Y.) -- Histoire -- 1951- -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Ballet dancing -- Fiction
- Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 -- Juvenile fiction
- Picture books
- Noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Discrimination -- Juvenile fiction
- Ballet dancing -- Juvenile fiction
- Picture books for children
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951- -- Fiction
- Ballet (Danse) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Sophisticated picture books.
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- Author1
- resource.bookdesigner2
- Editor1
- Illustrator1
- Publisher1
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