Synopses & Reviews
Then one sunny day, a guest came to view
Miss Linas ten dancers plié and tendu.
Miss Lina announced, “This is Mister Brisé.
Hell watch you take class,” she explained, “and he may
invite you to dance with the City Ballet.”
Miss Linas ten ballerinas—Christina, Edwina, Sabrina, Justina, Katrina, Bettina, Marina, Regina, Nina, and Tony Farina—are thrilled by the chance to be in the City Ballets production of Sleeping Beauty. But when nervous Regina is given the undesirable part of the rat while all the other girls gets to dance the waltz, she starts turning green with envy. If only someone would get sick, she wishes, then she would get to dance the waltz, as well!
Review
"Applause for another lovely production from the author-and-illustrator duo.”--Kirkus
Review
"Applause for another lovely production from the author-and-illustrator duo.”--Kirkus
"Daveniers fluid brushstrokes are still a lovely match for Maccarones alliterative verse. Its an empathic and gently humorous story about a challenging emotion, delivered with a hint of Bemelmanss Madeline stories—and of magic."--Publishers Weekly
Review
andquot;The ballerina-to-be explores new and challenging stepsandmdash;successfully.andquot;
--Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Then one sunny day, a guest came to view
Miss Lina's ten dancers plie and tendu.
Miss Lina announced, "This is Mister Brise.
He'll watch you take class," she explained, "and he may
invite you to dance with the City Ballet."
Miss Lina's ten ballerinas--Christina, Edwina, Sabrina, Justina, Katrina, Bettina, Marina, Regina, Nina, and Tony Farina--are thrilled by the chance to be in the City Ballet's production of Sleeping Beauty. But when nervous Regina is given the undesirable part of the rat while all the other girls gets to dance the waltz, she starts turning green with envy. If only someone would get sick, she wishes, then she would get to dance the waltz, as well
Synopsis
Tallulah tries something newand#8212;tap!and#8212;in her latest story.
Synopsis
Itandrsquo;s summer, and Tallulah is excited about going to dance camp. Sheandrsquo;ll get to take plenty of ballet classes. Sheandrsquo;ll have to take tap, too, and sheandrsquo;s NOT excited about that. Sheandrsquo;s never taken tap before, so sheandrsquo;ll be a beginning beginner. And sheandrsquo;s rightandmdash;tap class is not much fun. Plus thereandrsquo;s a girl her same age whoandrsquo;s maddeningly good at tap dancing. But that same girl isnandrsquo;t very good at ballet . . . could it be that she and Tallulah have something in common?
About the Author
Grace Maccarone is a childrens book editor and the author of many books for young readers, including the First-Grade Friends series, illustrated by Betsy Lewin, and the Miss Linas Ballerinas books. She lives in Westchester, New York.
Chrsitine Davenier is the New York Times-Best Illustrated Award-winning artist of many books for children, including A Very Fairy Princess and the Miss Linas Ballerinas books. She lives in Paris, France.