Bea at Ballet

Bea at Ballet
Author: Rachel Isadora
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399168443

Bea and her friends have fun attending a toddler ballet class.

Bea in The Nutcracker

Bea in The Nutcracker
Author: Rachel Isadora
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698175190

Starring an adorable toddler ballet class, this endearing companion to former dancer Rachel Isadora’s Bea at Ballet pares down the classic ballet to its most basic, child-friendly elements, making it perfect for preschool audiences. Bea and her friends are excited to put on their costumes and dance onstage in The Nutcracker! Bea is going to be Clara, and Sam is going to be the Prince. They will dance in the ballet’s magical Land of Sweets. Yum!

Ballet Bug

Ballet Bug
Author: Christine McDonnell
Publisher: Puffin
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780142501382

When Bea becomes interested in ballet, she starts taking classes, auditions for The Nutcracker, and makes a new best friend, but also must cope with some nasty classmates and a possible conflict between playing hockey and dancing.

Jake at Gymnastics

Jake at Gymnastics
Author: Rachel Isadora
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2014-06-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698158202

Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora’s irresistible illustrations of enthusiastic toddlers will have budding gymnasts jumping for joy. Jake and his diverse group of friend love their action-packed gymnastics class, where they stretch, tumble, balance, turn somersaults and so much more. This is the perfect book to introduce toddlers to the joy of movement and the fun of gymnastics.

Bunheads

Bunheads
Author: Sophie Flack
Publisher: Poppy
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2011-10-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316193224

A vibrant and absorbing novel about the competitive world of professional ballet, written by a former New York City Ballet dancer. As a dancer with the ultra-prestigious Manhattan Ballet company, nineteen-year-old Hannah Ward juggles intense rehearsals, dazzling performances, and complicated backstage relationships. But when she meets a spontaneous and irresistibly cute musician named Jacob, her universe begins to change. Until now, Hannah has happily followed the company's unofficial mantra, "Don't think, just dance." But as Jacob opens her eyes to the world beyond the theater, Hannah must decide whether to compete against the other "bunheads" for a star soloist spot or to strike out on her own. Don't miss this behind-the-scenes look at the life of a young professional ballet dancer, written by an insider who lived it all.

Lili at Ballet

Lili at Ballet
Author: Rachel Isadora
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1996
Genre: Ballet dancing
ISBN: 0698114086

Lili loves to dance, and dreams of becoming a ballerina. In her ballet class she does stretches, works at the barre, and learns the five classical dance positions that are the basics for the roles she may dance when she is older. Enhanced by delicate watercolor illustrations, this lovely book is the perfect introduction for boys and girls who want to learn more about ballet. Full color.

Ballerina Swan

Ballerina Swan
Author: Allegra Kent
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780823423736

Sophie the swan joins a ballet class and works hard to earn a part in the end-of-year performance of Swan Lake.

Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer (Step Into Reading, Step 4)

Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer (Step Into Reading, Step 4)
Author: Michaela DePrince
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2014-10-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0385755155

Perfect for newly independent readers—discover the amazing life of one of America’s top ballerinas, Michaela DePrince, whose story is soon to be told in a major motion picture directed by Madonna. At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true. She has been dancing ever since and is now a principal dancer in New York City and has been featured in the ballet documentary First Position, as well as Dancing with the Stars, Good Morning America, and Oprah magazine. Young readers will love learning about this inspiring ballerina in this uplifting and informative leveled reader. This Step 4 Step into Reading book is for newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence.

Flirty Dancing

Flirty Dancing
Author: Jenny McLachlan
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2015-04-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250080134

Debut author Jenny McLachlan weaves a warm and hilarious story of friendship and dance starring the refreshing and plucky Bea Hogg in Flirty Dancing, the first book in the Ladybirds series! Bea Hogg is shy, but she has a fiery core that she doesn't let many see. When the national dance competition Starwarscomes to her school looking for talent, she wants to sign up. It's just her luck that her best friend Kat ditches her and agrees to enter with school super-witch Pearl Harris (and Bea's former best friend). Bea is determined to fight back! But when the school hottie, Ollie Matthews, who also happens to be Pearl's boyfriend, decides to enter the competition with Bea to jive dance, she will have more than a fight on her hands.