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The lyrical world of dance has been magically and charmingly captured in this special collection. From classic fairy tales to whimsical tales of dancing animals to a poignant look at the dilemmas facing boys in ballet, there's something for everyone here. Dancers and dance aficionados will do grand jetes for these stellar stories by Louisa May Alcott, Noel Streatfeild, Adele Geras, Joan Aiken, Oscar Wilde, Margaret Mahy, Elizabeth Goudge, Rudyard Kipling, Jean Ure, and many more.
Table of Contents
Chicken alley /Caroly Sloan --Poppy Smith - Prima Ballerina /Jean Ure --Cat and the fiddle /Alison Uttley --Dancing display /Adele Geras --Dancing princesses /Walter de la Mare --Competition is announced /Jahnna N. Malcolm --And Olly did too /Jamila Gavin --Audition /Caroline Plaisted --Concert Party /Felicity Thompson --Mega-nuisance /Geraldine Kaye --Greatest /Michelle Magorian --What happened to Pauline, Petrova, and Posy /Noel Streatfeild --Rose of Puddle Fratrum /Joan Aiken -- Nightingale and the rose /Oscar Wilde --Petrushka /Troy Alexander --Tavern of the Rathshee /Patricia Lynch --Fiddler in the fiary ring /Juliana Horatia Ewing --Sleeping Beauty in the wood /Charles Perrault, retold by Edith Nesbit --Wait for it? /Janet McNeill --Tom's evening out /Alexandre Dumas, retold by Troy Alexander --Hookywalker dancers /Margaret Mahy --Nutcracker /E.T.A. Hoffmann, translated and retold by Anthea Bell --Constant tin soldier /Hans Christian Andersen --Barrel Organ /Eleanor Farjeon --Cinderella /Charles Perrault, retold by Edith Nesbit --Cutlers' ball /Berlie Doherty --Dear Florence /Jane Gardam --Weeping lass at the dancing place /Sorche nic Leodhas --Gifts of the Magician /Andrew Lang --Toomai of the elephants /Rudyard Kipling --Firebird /Felicity Trotman --Polly's farewell party /Louisa May Alcott --Story of Zamore /Theophile Gautier --Grand Jete /Jean Richardson.