Andelfinger, Nicole
Summary: "It's Elizabeth's turn in the spotlight! But does Jessica deserve it more? Jessica knows she's the better dancer--even their teacher seriously favors Elizabeth! No matter how perfectly Jessica dances, no one noticed. Could her sister really get the starring instead of her? With Jessica's attitude rapidly souring, what happens when Elizabeth realizes that her sister might actually be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2023
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Summary: "A new girl has joined Lola Levine's second-grade class. When they get off on the wrong foot, they are forced to spend time together ... and learn they have more in common than they thought"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BROGeorge, K. (Kallie)
Summary: "When the sun sets, the ballet can begin! From the first notes of the crickets' outdoor orchestra to her grand finale indoors, one little girl glissaes and jetaes her way to bedtime"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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Summary: "Angelina and the other mouselings at Miss Lilly's Ballet School perform Cinderella on tour, battling homesickness and bad luck to ensure the show will go on"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2024
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Summary: Angelina is so excited to perform at the Mouseland Dance Festival that she doesn't help her grandparents clean their boat, but she ruins her dance costume and wonders how she will be able to make the show with nothing to wear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2023
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Summary: When the geese ask him for assistance with getting new ballet gear, Bruce the ever-grumpy bear agrees to help his friends get ready to stretch their wings and follow their dream of dancing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2022
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Summary: When Angelina decides today is Dancing Day, she brushes her teeth while practicing her pliés, points her toes while she eats breakfast, and leaps across the schoolyard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2020
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Summary: Angelina the mouse loves dancing with her friends at Miss Lilly's Ballet School; zooming up and down on roller coasters; being in the comforting arms of her mother; and hearing her father play the fiddle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: BOARD HOLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BRDMiller, Tim.
Summary: A cow who wants to be a ballerina? Are you for real? This is a hilarious, one-of-a-kind friendship story between an adventurous cow and a very loyal duck that will have you quacking up all the way through and applauding for more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MILBeck, Robert (Robert John)
Summary: Désirée Rabbit dreams of being a famous ballet dancer in her hometown of Paris, France, but is continually told there are no bunnies in the ballet, yet after taking classes she wins over her classmates and has a chance to shine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BECShea, Bob
Summary: Ballet Cat and her cousin, Goat, try to outdo one another while putting on show for their grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE BALEhrlich, H. M.
Summary: For Ava and the other animal dancers, ballet class is an exciting experience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E EHRGravel, Elise
Summary: "Saturdays make Ada cranky because that's the day of her ballet class, and she hates ballet"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRAAllman, John Robert
Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate boys who dance, from their very first day of stretching at the barre while dreaming of the exciting roles they might one day play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALLMartin, Ann M.
Summary: Feeling isolated as the only African American in her sixth grade class, Jessi gains a sense of belonging by participating in the Baby-sitters Club, learning sign language in order to communicate with a deaf child, and dancing in a ballet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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Summary: "An emotional story about a former ballerina who is thrust back into 'normal' high school after a life-changing injury, and who comes to terms with life without her passion as well as discrimination in the ballet world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TURAbbott, Megan E.
Summary: "With their long necks and matching buns and pink tights, Dara and Marie Durant have been dancers since they can remember. Growing up, they were homeschooled and trained by their glamorous mother, founder of the Durant School of Dance. After their parents' death in a tragic car accident nearly a dozen years ago, the sisters began running the school together, along with Charlie, Dara's husband...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC ABBYep, Laurence
Summary: Isabelle, who attends a performing arts school in Washington, D.C., with her older sister, Jade, has a passion for ballet dancing but lacks self-confidence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AG YEPDepken, Kristen L.
Summary: "Join Kristyn as she travels to a magical ballet world"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013
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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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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Dempsey 2014Holabird, Katharine
Summary: "Angelina and the other little dancers at Miss Lilly's Ballet School are going on a ballet tour, ... traveling to towns near Chipping Cheddar to perform. Angelina is excited but also nervous. Will she still dance her best when she isn't on her home stage? This charming chapter book with black-and-white illustrations is perfect for Angelina Ballerina fans beginning to read on their own or for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE HOLPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: Kylie Jean Carter gets a part in the local ballet recital of Swan Lake, but when the boy dancing the part of the prince breaks his ankle the show will have to be cancelled--unless she can persuade her brother to try out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESWellington, Monica
Summary: "A young dancer writes a letter to a ballerina she admires"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E WELSinger, Marilyn.
Summary: Tallulah loves the grace and elegance of ballet and can pirouette perfectly but at dance camp struggles to learn tap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015