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The little dancers are ready to shine on stage! Miss Amy's ballet studio is putting on a dance performance called the Butterfly Ball. Rosa and her four friends rehearse leaping, balancing, and twirling to perfect their dances for the recital! But when Rosa's audition goes awry, she is cast in a disappointing role. Rosa feels like all her hard work was for nothing, until her friends help her discover her small part is of great importance. Rosa feels as beautiful as a butterfly . . . and maybe even more special!Illustrated by Belle & Boo creator Mandy Sutcliffe, The Little Dancers is a lovely picture book about friendship, self-esteem, and the magic of dance. An Imprint Book
About the Author
Maryann Macdonald is the author of more than 30 books for children. One of her latest is "Rosa's Animals," the story of the early feminist and animal painter Rosa Bonheur. **STARRED REVIEW**"An elegant, insightful portrait of an artist worth knowing." - Kirkus Reviews"High-definition, full-page reproductions of her artwork, as well as supporting historical information about the era in which Bonheur lived, make this an accessible portrait of the artist." - School Library Journal"Macdonald pares Rosa's biography down to accessible chapters, highlighting such interest-sparking details as the artist's need for documented permission to dress as a man to attend horse fairs and the mid-century portrait dolls modeled after her that became something of a rage. Plentiful, generously scaled reproductions of Bonheur's work and that of several contemporaries will lure in browsers, and discussion of the Impressionist movement that drove Realism from the field adds important context." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksMaryann's love of books and reading began when she was growing up in a family of ten outside Detroit. She lived in Europe for many years, where she discovered Odette Meyers' touching story, retold in "Odette's Secrets." Maryann now lives in New York City, where she came across Rosa Bonheur's masterpiece, "The Horse Fair," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She wrote about it in "Rosa's Animals."
