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Ballet Books

Description: Favorite books featuring/about ballet and ballet dancers
Based on tag: Ballet

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1

Angelina Ballerina

by Katharine Holabird

2,732 members

31 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

2

Flora and the Flamingo

996 members

114 reviews

4

Member: cej1027

3

A Very Young Dancer

by Jill Krementz

155 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: merrystar

4

To Dance, to Dream

by Maxine Drury

87 members

4.1

Member: dara85

5

by Noel Streatfeild

4,003 members

80 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

6

Ballet for Drina

by Mabel Esther Allan

162 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

7

The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories

152 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

8

Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella

by James Mayhew

121 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

9

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

by Joel Meyerowitz

286 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar

10

Belinda, the Ballerina

152 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

11

Belinda and the Glass Slipper

50 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

12

Belinda in Paris

76 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

13

Ella Bella Ballerina and the Nutcracker

by James Mayhew

139 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

14

Becoming a Ballerina: A Nutcracker Story

by Lise Friedman

19 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: merrystar

15

Miss Lina's Ballerinas

by Grace Maccarone

186 members

15 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

16

The Ballet Family

by Mabel Esther Allan

67 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

17

The Little Ballerina

by Katharine Ross

176 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

18

Ella Bella Ballerina and the Sleeping Beauty

by James Mayhew

112 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

19

Noelle of the Nutcracker

111 members

2 reviews

3.2

Member: merrystar

20

Belinda Begins Ballet

50 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

21

Ella Bella Ballerina and Swan Lake

by James Mayhew

129 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

22

by Patricia Lee Gauch

84 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

23

Tanya and the Magic Wardrobe

by Patricia Lee Gauch

73 members

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

24

Miss Lina's Ballerinas and the Prince

by Grace Maccarone

66 members

2 reviews

3.2

Member: merrystar

25

Tanya and the Red Shoes

by Patricia Lee Gauch

51 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: merrystar

26

by Deanna Caswell

19 members

3.8

Member: merrystar

27

A Bunny in the Ballet

25 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

28

Wintle's Wonders

by Noel Streatfeild

1,472 members

13 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

29

Degas and the Little Dancer

by Laurence Anholt

813 members

9 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

30

To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel

by Siena Cherson Siegel

614 members

69 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

31

The Story of the Nutcracker Ballet

by Deborah Hautzig

1,057 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

32

Angelina, Star of the Show

by Katharine Holabird

209 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

33

Tanya and Emily in a Dance for Two

by Patricia Lee Gauch

94 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

34

Katy Duck Is a Caterpillar

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

72 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

35

My Mama Had A Dancing Heart

by Libba Moore Gray

627 members

13 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

36

by Noel Streatfeild

1,398 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

37

Angelina at the Palace

by Katharine Holabird

227 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

38

Angelina and the Princess

by Katharine Holabird

1,137 members

10 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

39

Presenting Tanya, the Ugly Duckling (Picture Books)

by Patricia Lee Gauch

55 members

3.8

Member: merrystar

40

Angelina Ice Skates

by Katharine Holabird

558 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

41

Angelina's Halloween

by Katharine Holabird

381 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

42

by Noel Streatfeild

407 members

5 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

43

by Noel Streatfeild

201 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

44

The Magical Ballet Slippers

by Nick Ellsworth

131 members

½ 3.4

Member: merrystar

45

The Jewel Heart

72 members

1 review

3.9

Member: merrystar

46

by Mary Lyn Ray

42 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: merrystar

47

Angelina and the Royal Wedding

by Katharine Holabird

112 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

48

Gemma and Sisters

by Noel Streatfeild

182 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

49

Little Ballet Star

by Adèle Geras

100 members

7 reviews

3.2

Member: merrystar

50

Time for Ballet

by Adèle Geras

140 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

51

A Dream of Sadler's Wells

201 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

52

by E. T. A. Hoffmann

2,590 members

29 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

53

Drina's Dancing Year

by Mabel Esther Allan

157 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

54

Angelina and Alice

by Katharine Holabird

807 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

55

Tallulah's Tutu

by Marilyn Singer

154 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

56

The Ballet Family Again

by Mabel Esther Allan

49 members

2 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

57

by Beverly Cleary

3,099 members

31 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

58

When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky: Two Artists, Their Ballet, and One Extraordinary Riot

by Lauren Stringer

94 members

3 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

59

Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer (Step Into Reading, Step 4)

by Michaela DePrince

226 members

1 review

½ 4.6

Member: merrystar

60

Ella Bella Ballerina and A Midsummer Night's Dream

by James Mayhew

63 members

1 review

3.8

Member: merrystar

61

Ella Bella Ballerina and The Magic Toyshop

by James Mayhew

34 members

1 review

4

Member: merrystar

62

A Company of Swans

by Eva Ibbotson

1,057 members

36 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

63

by Susan Jeffers

602 members

10 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

64

Angelina’s Christmas

by Katharine Holabird

830 members

11 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

65

Tallulah's Nutcracker

by Marilyn Singer

132 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

66

Ballet Kitty: Ballet Class

by Bernette Ford

70 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: merrystar

67

Who Was Maria Tallchief?

by Catherine Gourley

347 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

68

Angelina on Stage

by Katharine Holabird

832 members

5 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

69

Tallulah's Solo

by Marilyn Singer

77 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

70

by Bernette Ford

184 members

3.8

Member: merrystar

71

Ballerina Princess (Disney Princess) (Step into Reading)

by Melissa Lagonegro

549 members

4 reviews

3

72

Mao's Last Dancer

1,776 members

44 reviews

4

73

Apollo's Angels : A History of Ballet

by Jennifer Homans

610 members

14 reviews

4

74

Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet

465 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

75

by Misty Copeland

588 members

91 reviews

4

76

The Painted Girls

by Cathy Marie Buchanan

1,351 members

96 reviews

½ 3.7

77

Dancing in the Wings

by Debbie Allen

1,216 members

39 reviews

½ 4.4

78

Dancing on My Grave

by Gelsey Kirkland

457 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

79

On Your Toes: A Ballet ABC

by Rachel Isadora

131 members

21 reviews

3.8

80

by Maggie Shipstead

694 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

81

by Daphne Kalotay

945 members

64 reviews

½ 3.6

82

by Mark Helprin

761 members

6 reviews

4

83

by Colum McCann

956 members

29 reviews

3.8

84

by Sophie Flack

433 members

29 reviews

½ 3.6

85

by Patricia Lee Gauch

381 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

86

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

by Jan Greenberg

351 members

44 reviews

4

87

by Rachel Isadora

489 members

123 reviews

4.1

88

101 Stories of the Great Ballets

by George Balanchine

183 members

1 review

½ 3.3

89

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina

by Misty Copeland

494 members

18 reviews

3.8

90

The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories

by Barbara Newman

279 members

1 review

4.8

91

Of Swans, Sugarplums and Satin Slippers: Ballet Stories for Children

by Violette Verdy

234 members

2 reviews

4

92

Thursday's Children

by Rumer Godden

229 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

93

140 members

2 reviews

3.2

94

The Nutcracker Ballet (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

by Deborah Hautzig

831 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

95

The Cranes Dance

262 members

19 reviews

3.8

96

Baseball Ballerina

by Kathryn Cristaldi

988 members

10 reviews

3.2

97

Basic Principles of Classical Ballet

by Agrippina Vaganova

165 members

2 reviews

4.1

98

434 members

17 reviews

4

99

Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet

by Jane O'Connor

612 members

15 reviews

4.2

100

I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina

by Anna Pavlova

227 members

9 reviews

4

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