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A dance like starlight : one ballerina's dream  Cover Image Book Book

A dance like starlight : one ballerina's dream / by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

Dempsey, Kristy. (Author). Cooper, Floyd, (illustrator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780399252846 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 0399252843 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]

Content descriptions

Summary, etc.:
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.
Awards Note:
Nutmeg Award Nominee, Elementary, 2018.
Subject: Ballet dancing > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Discrimination > Juvenile fiction.
Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 > Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1951- > Juvenile fiction.
Ballet dancing > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Discrimination > Fiction.
Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1951- > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 60 of 61 copies available at Bibliomation.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Slater Public Library - Griswold. (Show preferred library)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 61 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Slater Public Library - Griswold E DEM (Text) 31252134445394 Juvenile Easy Available -
Babcock Library - Ashford JB COLLINS Dem (Text) 3311000084417W Juvenile Biography Available -
Beacon Falls Public Library E DEM (Text) 33120131282516 Picture Book Available -
Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted J DEMPSEY (Text) 33750000066856 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford E DEMPSEY, K. (Text) 32544072459133 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Bethel Public Library JP DEMPSEY (Text) 34030129690217 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Bethel Public Library JP DEMPSEY (Text) 34030137435522 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Bethel Public Library JP DEMPSEY (Text) 34030137435530 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport jj DEMPSEY NUTM NOMINEE (Text) 34000081076226 Juvenile Picture Book Available -
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry JE DEM (Text) 33260000231218 Juvenile Easy Available -

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