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Neal Porter/Roaring Brook Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Eugene Yelchin color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2008 Neal Porter/Roaring Brook Press hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Adorable nd fun color illustrations by Eugene Yelchin. CONTENT: This droll fable tells how stylish ants once needed many pairs of beautiful shoes for their busy lives and favorite dance. Because the Tick-Toe-Hip-Clog-Tock-Hop requires a pair of ants to make 36 hundred steps, the cobbler ant works around the clock and becomes very rich. When he accidentally bites his foot, he decides he is working too hard and leaves town. Unable to buy new shoes or have their old ones repaired, the fashionable ants despair. One evening, Red Ant arrives at the party without shoes-or clothes-and dances gracefully. Soon all of the ants discard their shoes. Since then, all of these tiny creatures walk barefoot. Smartly dressed ants with large heads and… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young People, 1999. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Johathan Linton. CONDITION: Very Good+ pre-read 1999 Simon & Schuster for Young Readers hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ , first edition, 3rd printing. Rough shipping from mfg. it seems: bumped corners with 2 tiny impressions front & back covers. Not bad, but there. Tiny edge wear to DJ top edge. Much better than it sounds. Very clean & very tight. Wonderful soft & warm color illustrations by Jonathan Linton. CONTENT: A father loves watching his daughter dance--from her first recital where she was dressed as an ear of corn to the final dance she does just for him as he nears the end of his life. While the text is easy-to-read for early readers, the concept of the book may need some explanation. A read-aloud for a first reading would be appropriate, IMHO. Ages 4 - 8. Adults will also appreciate - especially fathers.

Penguin/Random House, 2014. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Christopher Myers color illustrations. CONDITION: NO CD ISSUED WITH THIS EDITION/ PRINTING. Unread 2014 Penguin Random House large hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 3rd printing. Beautiful, colorful illustrations by Christopher Myers. Decorated end pages. CONTENT: A poetic dialogue between an aspiring young dancer and the American Ballet Theater's soloist comprises the text of this stunning picture book. Copeland provides words of encouragement to boost the dreams of an African American girl whose desire to be a ballerina is hampered by her low self-image and lack of confidence. "I was a dancer just like you," Misty tells her, "a dreaming shooting star of a girl/with work and worlds ahead." Copeland's title role in Stravinsky's The Firebird serves as the theme for Myers's signature paint and collage illustrations, which feature full spreads bursting with color and excitement. Elongated forms and slanted… Read More

Chronicle Books, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Molly Idle. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2013 Chronicle Books hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. There is nothing much wrong with this book but there is a very small edge wear to bottom DJ spine. The way this book is put together because of the pull-down sections, the binding CAN appear uneven - but it is not. Adorable color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: In this innovative wordless picture book with interactive flaps, Flora and her graceful flamingo friend explore the trials and joys of friendship through an elaborate synchronized dance. With a twist, a turn, and even a flop, these unlikely friends learn at last how to dance together in perfect harmony. Full of humor and heart, this stunning performance (and splashy ending!) will have readers clapping for more of this fun flamingo story!

Peachtree, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Debrah Santini. CONDITION: NEW 1996 Peachtree hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), stated first edition, first printing. Decorated end pages. A sweet love story that spans decades. The color illustrations by Debrah Santini perfectly fit the story. While this is a children's book, older adults will perhaps find it fitting to their own lives. Simply lovely. CONTENT: Despite the precious life lessons knit into the story line ("Every human being has a right to three things: to dance... to sing... to tell stories"), Deedy's fluid prose and flair for imagery turns a potentially trite story into a sweet, sentimental one. Childhood sweethearts Ninny and Bessie make a pact that when one of them dies, the other will come to the graveyard and dance on the grave. The story spans a lifetime, from the young couple's early moonlight dances at Ninny's grandfather's grave through marriage, a war and a last anniversary. In the end, Bessie… Read More

Scholastic Press, 2008. 1st Paperback Edition 10th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Marcia Brown color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW c. 2008 Scholastic large paperback, first paperback edition, c. 10th printing. Beautiful color illustrations by Marcia Brown. A Blue Ribbon Book. CONTENT: Stories: The Firebird, Coppelia, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, and Sleeping Beauty.

Little, Brown, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. Ruth Sanderson. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2004 Little Brown hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Beautiful, as ever, color illustrations by the Author. There is tiny edge wear top DJ edge on spine. The front DJ panel has non-shedding glitter accents for falling snow and the princess' crown. Simply beautiful. CONTENT: Sanderson's version of a Russian folktale is based on the Tchaikovsky opera-ballet The Snow Princess, which recasts the traditional story as a romance in which the daughter of Father Frost enters the human world and finds her icy heart warmed, to her parents' dismay, by a handsome youth. Sanderson's resplendent oils have a suitably chilly polish, and children will be transfixed by the characters' elaborate Byzantine costumes. Sanderson stays true to her source in every detail but one: in the opera the girl is as doomed as her folktale… Read More

Tundra Books, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. Rajka Kupesic color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2011 Tundra Books hardcover (white boards - see scans) with dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Light edge wear to DJ top edge. Title and author's name in gold foil front DJ panel PLUS gilt edges. Decorated end pages (see scans). CONTENT: The term ballets blancs, or white ballets refers to the identical white costumes worm by the dancers in the corps de ballet. Possibly the best-loved of all ballets are "Giselle," "La Bayadère," and "Swan Lake." Known as the White Ballets, they each tell stories of ethereal maidens costumed in floating white, who seem to be lovely creatures suspended somewhere between heaven and earth. It is every ballerina's dream to dance "Giselle." Despite being frail, the simple peasant girl, Giselle, can't give up dancing. She is afraid that… Read More