Dance, Tanya

by Patricia Lee Gauch

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Tanya loves ballet dancing, repeating the moves she sees her older sister using when practicing for class or a recital, and soon Tanya is big enough to go to ballet class herself.

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Another simple story, yet I enjoyed it. Tanya, the younger sister that isn't old enough to dance with her sister in class, takes the whole story in stride as she isn't given a chance to join until after her sister's recital when she dances for the family at the after party. She, of course is given the chance to begin attending ballet class after that and it ends happily. More stories should be so pleasant.
A little girl, Tanya, loves to watch her big sister dance and wishes more than anything that she could dance, too. But Tanya is too young, and when her sister has practice she can only watch from the window. One night, Tanya's sister has a dance recital and all of Tanya's family came to watch her dance. Tanya saw her sister dancing beautifully and dreamed of doing the same. When they got home, Tanya put on her tutu and began to dance around the living room like no one was watching. But her family was and they couldn't believe that they had not one, but two dancers in the family. On Christmas morning, Tanya was thrilled when she opened a present and saw a leotard and ballet slippers of her very own. Tanya knew she was no longer too show more little could start practicing with her older sister. show less

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Author and editor Patricia Lee Gauch was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 3, 1934. She received a B. A. in English Literature from Miami University in Ohio, a M. A. in Teaching from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, and a Doctorate in English Literature from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Before she began writing show more children's books, she was a newspaper reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal and freelanced for the Detroit Free Press. She has written over thirty children's books, which have received critical acclaim as well as numerous awards and citations. In 1985, she became the Editor-in-Chief of Philomel Books and was the editor for Caldecott Medal winners Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and Lon Po Po by Ed Young, as well as the Caldecott Honor winner Seven Blind Mice, also by Ed Young. She has taught children's literature at Rutgers University and Drew University and her reviews have appeared in The New York Times. She is currently the Vice-President and Editorial Director of Philomel Books and lives in Hyde Park, New York. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Children's Books, Picture Books
DDC/MDS
792.8Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsTheater: Plays, Ballet, OperaBallet and modern dance
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PZ7 .I16 .DLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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