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A Day with the Ballet
Sunday, May 5, 1:00 p.m.
Meeting Room A
Students from the Arts Ballet Conservatory will perform a show and then demonstrate simple ballet moves. Fancy dress and ballet shoes are encouraged. (Babies–Grade 5 with an adult)
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Juvenile Fiction and Graphic Novels |
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Starlet Rivals
by Puneet Bhandal
Twelve-year-old Bela has always dreamed about becoming a famous Bollywood star, and now the opportunity might finally be within her grasp. When a reality TV show gives her the chance to dance in front of the nation, she knows that she is performing for a place at the most prestigious stage school in Mumbai. Can Bela win the Dance Starz competition to score a place at the Bollywood Academy and move one step closer to her dreams of stardom? And will child star Monica, the most "in" girl at school, see her as a friend or a rival?
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Alice Atherton's Grand Tour
by Lesley M. M. Blume
Spending the summer on the French Riviera with family friends, 10-year-old Alice Atherton meets and learns from some of the most extraordinary luminaries of the time, from visiting a junkyard with Pablo Picasso to performing a dance with the renowned Ballet Russes.
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Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu
by Maisie Chan
Twelve-year-old Lizzie Chu has lived with her Wai Gong (grandfather) in Glasgow since her parents died when she was a baby. But Wai Gong has been acting different lately. He spends a lot of time talking to his Guan Yin statue--the Chinese goddess of compassion, kindness, and mercy--at his altar and seems to be becoming more forgetful. Even the shared passion he and Lizzie have for their favorite show, Strictly Come Dancing, seems to be trailing off. When Lizzie's friend Chi visits one day dressed as Princess Leia for Comic Con, Wai Gong mistakes her for Guan Yin, and is naturally delighted, and Lizzie seizes the opportunity to use Chi as Guan Yin to help her with her grandad. And then Lizzie gets an idea: she and Chi can take Wai Gong to Blackpool to the Tower Ballroom, where he'd always dreamed of going. If only she can get her grandad there, she thinks, he'll find some peace, and perhaps things will be OK at home again.
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The Sea in Winter
by Christine Day
After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up.
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Dancing Diva
by Whoopi Goldberg
The sixth book of the award-winning and best-selling series, now featuring brand-new illustrations, finds Epatha landing a much-coveted leading role in an upcoming ballet and facing resistance from the other Sugar Plum Ballerinas when she tries to spice up the choreography.
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The Magic in Changing Your Stars
by Leah Henderson
When his hopes for the school play are dashed by stage fright, an 11-year-old dancer considers giving up his dreams before stepping into his grandfather's old tap-dancing shoes and finding himself transported to the time of his grandfather's childhood in 1930s Harlem.
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Angelina Ballerina's Ballet Tour
by Katharine Holabird
Nervous to perform on different stages while on a ballet tour to neighboring towns, Angelina hopes she dances just as well as she does on her home stage.
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The Unbeatable Lily Hong
by Diana Ma
To save the Clarktown Community Center, which houses her parents' Chinese school, Lily and her fellow students must master a traditional Chinese dance in time for the center's first showcase and receive some unexpected help from her rival, Max Zhang.
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Hip-hop Hustle
by Dolores Andral
Chery Etienne has her own hip-hop dance crew, but now some of them are moving away and she will have to try out for her middle school's hip-hop dance team, although since she has never had any formal training she is not sure her unique style will be welcome.
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Merci Suárez Can't Dance by Meg MedinaA follow-up to the Newbery Medal-winning Merci Suárez Changes Gears finds Merci embarking on a seventh grade year shaped by high teacher expectations, a crush on a school-store co-worker and a bossy classmate's plan for the annual Heart Ball.
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Sofía Acosta Makes a Scene by Emma OtheguyConfiding in her best friend Tricia about her family's friends' secret plans to defect to the US, Sofía Acosta, a Cuban-American girl, discovers that Tricia doesn't want“outsiders” moving to their community and must speak up to find out where she belongs.
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The Big Audition
by Swapna Reddy
Millie's favorite TV show is coming to town and holding auditions, and seeing that Millie's not feeling brave, the Ballet Bunnies encourage her to go for it.
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El primer día de clases by Swapna ReddyCuando Mimi empieza a ir a clases de ballet, le sucede algo asombroso: conoce a la Compañía Orejitas, unos conejos entrañables que viven escondidos en la academia de danza y asisten a las clases de los humanos. ¿Guardará Mimi el secreto de la Compañía Orejitas? Y ellos... ¿le ayudarán a descubrir su talento para bailar?
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Boomi's Boombox
by Shanthi Sekaran
Acclaimed author Shanthi Sekaran delivers a powerful story about grief, family, dance, and friendship that follows a young girl who accidentally travels back in time to meet her dad as a child that will change her life forever.
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The Secret of the Jade Bangle
by Linda Trinh
A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in. Organized and introspective nine-year-old Anne Nguyen misses her Grandma Nãòoi, a lot. But even though Grandma Nãòoi passed away, it doesn't mean she's disappeared. When Anne and her younger siblings Jacob and Liz are given gifts passed on to them by Grandma, Anne soon realizes that hers--a beautiful jadebangle--has a secret power. One that might just give her the strength to stand up to her ballet teacher, who treats her differently than her white classmates, and embrace her Vietnamese identity through cooking Grandma's recipes. No matter how difficult things get, Anne learns that the love of her ancestors is always with her.
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Ellie in First Position
by Brian Freschi
After moving, Ellie feels lonely in her new class. Mom has a solution, the girl needs to join the school's sports team to make friends. There is only one problem, no matter what sport she tries Electra makes an utter fool of herself. In the middle of her misery, enchanted by her cousin's ballet performance, Ellie suddenly knows what she wants more than anything, dancing. If only mom could agree. A page turner, full of relatable conflicts, Ellie in First Position is a humorous, positive and heartwarming story about resilience, self-love, new experiences, and friendship. By the end of the book, Ellie doesn't only learn to accept herself and her family, makes new friends and even has her first crush, but manages to deal with her bullies too.
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Who is Nathan Chen?
by Joseph Liu
In 2022, Nathan Chen dazzled the world when he won the gold medal in men's figure skating to Elton John's "Rocket Man" at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Though this was his first Olympic gold, Nathan was not new to big victories. He was already a six-time US national champion and had already won the World Figure Skating Championship three times! Nicknamed the "Quad King," Nathan is known for his thrilling quadruple jumps on the ice and is considered one of the greatest male figure skaters of all time. Learn all about Nathan's life from his childhood hobbies of ballet and gymnastics to his recent graduation from Yale University in this inspiring book for young readers!
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Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance by Karen Pheasant-NeganigwaneIntroduces the powwow, its history, and its role in Native American and Canadian First Nations culture, and discusses the events of a typical powwow, the music and dance forms it highlights, and powwows in different regions.
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Mindful Music and Dancing
by Stephanie Finne
Learn how music and dance can help us focus, relieve stress, and increase mindfulness. Step-by-step instructions help readers write song lyrics, mindfully listen to music, and dance.
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Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines
by Dean Robbins
Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together...until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating Latin jazz, music for the head, the heart, and the hips. Then the Palladium Ballroom issued a bold challenge to segregation and threw open its doors to all. Illustrated with verve and told through real-life characters who feature in an afterword, Mambo Mucho Mambo! portrays the power of music and dance to transcend racial, religious, and ethnic boundaries. Also available in Spanish
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