Firebird
(2014)
By:
Copeland, Misty
Fiction
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780399166150, 0399166157 (hardback)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Winner of the 2015 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award
American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice