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: | 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 |
| Audience: | Elementary Grade. 1100 |
| Awards: | American Library Association Notable Children's Bk |
| ISBN: | 9780399252846 0399252843 |