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

A dance like starlight : one ballerina's dream

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

Summary: 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0399252843
  • ISBN: 9780399252846
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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  • Publisher: New York, NY : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2014.
Subject: New York (N.Y.) History 1951- Fiction
Collins, Janet Fiction
Race discrimination Fiction
African Americans Fiction
Ballet dancing Fiction

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch E DEMPS K (Text) 33126018314165 Easy Available -
Erlanger Branch E DEMPS K (Text) 33126018314157 JBreakout Collection 1 Available -

Kristy Dempsey is a poet, writer, and librarian who is living her dreams in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She is also the author of Me With You, illustrated by Christopher Denise. You can visit her online at www.kristydempsey.com.
 
Floyd Cooper always dreamed of becoming an artist, and now has illustrated dozens of books for children. He received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Blacker the Berry and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his illustrations in Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land . . . He lives in New Jersey with his family.


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