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Big
By Vashti Harrison (E Harr, eBook)
This story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of joyful acceptance. With spare text and exquisite illustrations, this emotional exploration of being big in a world that prizes small models how you can stand out and feel invisible at the same time.
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Flora and the Flamingo
By Molly Schaar Idle (E Idle, eBook)
In this wordless book with interactive flaps, a friendship develops between a girl named Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together.
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Ballet Kids
By Holly Sterling (E Holl)
Thomas wants to be a ballet kid! He and his friends meet at the dance studio to take lessons from Mr. Elliot, their ballet instructor. The children get to choose their costumes for the Winter Show where they are performing The Nutcracker. What will Thomas choose?
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Elephants Cannot Dance!
By Mo Willems (E Will)
Gerald the elephant is certain that he cannot dance but his friend Piggie convinces him to try.
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On the Line: My Story of Becoming the First African American Rockette
By Jennifer Jones (JB Jone)
In this inspiring picture book autobiography, the first Black Radio City Rockette shares how she proved that everything is possible when you believe you belong.
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She Kept Dancing: The True Story of a Professional Dancer with a Limb Difference
By Sydney Mesher (Jb Mesh, eBook)
Sydney Mesher was born with ten toes and five fingers. But it was her toes that her mum noticed first. Sydney danced her way onto the famous stage of Radio City Music Hall, becoming the first Rockette with a visible disability.
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Aloha Everything
By Kaylin Melia George (E Geor, eBook)
Since Ano was born, her heart has been connected to her home. When Ano begins to dance hula -- a storytelling dance form that carries the knowledge, history, and folklore of the Hawaiian people -- Ano comes to understand the true meaning of aloha.
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Why We Dance
By Deidre Havrelock (E Havr, eBook)
A young Indigenous girl's family helps calm her nervous butterflies before her first Jingle Dress Dance and reminds her why she dances.
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Finding My Dance
By Ria Thundercloud (EB Thun)
In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of her path to dance and how it helped her take pride in her Native American heritage.
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Amy Wu and the Ribbon Dance
By Kat Zhang (E Zhan)
Amy Wu loves to move, so when she sees Chinese ribbon dancing for the first time, she has to try it out, but first she must find the perfect ribbon.
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Baller Ina
By Liz Casal (E Casa, eBook)
A rhyming picture book about Ina who is a graceful ballerina who also loves to get competitive on the basketball court.
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John's Turn
By Mac Barnett (E Barn)
In this celebration of individuality, John finds the courage to show others his talent for dancing during his school's Sharing Gifts time.
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Dancing with Daddy
By Anita Rowe Schulte (E Schu)
Elsie can't wait to go to her first father-daughter dance. She picked out the perfect dress and has been practicing swirling and swaying in her wheelchair. But when a winter storm comes, she wonders if she'll get the chance to spin and dance her way to a dream come true.
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Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince
By Laura Obubobi (JB DePr)
A picture book biography of Michaela Mabinty DePrince, a Sierra Leone-born orphan turned ballerina.
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