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Author:

Lyon, Lea, 1945- author.

Title:

Ready to fly : how Sylvia Townsend became the bookmobile ballerina / story told by Lea Lyon and A. LaFaye ; foreword by Sylvia Townsend ; illustrated by Jessica Gibson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Subject:

Townsend, Sylvia Robertson,--1943---Juvenile literature.
Ballet dancers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Ballerinas--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American dancers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Ballet dancers.
African American dancers.
Biographies.
Picture books.

Other Authors:

LaFaye, A., author.
Townsend, Sylvia Robertson, 1943- writer of foreword.
Gibson, Jessica (Illustrator), illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [38]).

Summary:

Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven-year-old, with the help of her new books, starts teaching herself the basics of classical ballet. Soon Sylvia learns how to fly-- how to dance--and how to dare to dream. Includes a note from the author and a brief history of the bookmobile.

ISBN:

0062888781
9780062888785

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1099685807

LCCN:

2018961752

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