A dance like starlight : one ballerina's dream / by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dempsey, Kristy (Author)
Other Authors:	Cooper, Floyd (Illustrator)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), 2014.
Series:	MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:	Collins, Janet, > 1917-2003 > Juvenile fiction. Ballet dancing > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Discrimination > Juvenile fiction. Picture books for children. New York (N.Y.) > History > 1951- > Juvenile fiction. Ballet dancing > Fiction. African Americans > Fiction. Discrimination > Fiction. Collins, Janet > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > History > 1951- > Fiction.
Genre:	Juvenile fiction. Fiction.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Format:	Book

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