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  • My First Ballet Class (My First)

My First Ballet Class
(My First)

Illustrator
Leyah Jensen
Publication Date
April 05, 2011
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
My First Ballet Class (My First)

This title will be released on August 26, 2025
Description

Sweet text from bestselling author Capucilli takes readers through their very first day at ballet class. The story of Miss Lavender and her young ballerinas will entice young readers to emulate their simple movements again and again. Full color.

Publication date
April 05, 2011
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781442408951
Publisher
Little Simon
Series
My First
BISAC categories
JNF039020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Performing Arts | Dance
Library of Congress categories
Toy and movable books
Lift-the-flap books
Ballet

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1--In their pink leotards and ballet slippers, five irresistible girls stand at the barre and demonstrate their beginning ballet skills. The text introduces a few basic terms such as plie, releve, and chasse. The students are encouraged to stretch up and reach for a star and make the shape of a piece of pizza with their feet. Engaging photos of the smiling and enthusiastic young dancers accompany the spare text. The foldout pages depict a series of movements and actions that capture the magic of the first class. As the girls whirl and jump and use their imaginations to flutter like butterflies or prance like ponies, youngsters may feel inspired to join in on the fun.--Carol Schene, formerly at Taunton Public Schools, MA

Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Alyssa Satin Capucilli is the award-winning creator and author of the Katy Duck series and the bestselling Biscuit series, which has sold over twenty-four million copies. A dancer as well as a writer, she lives with her family in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

Leyah Jensen studied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design, but her journey in photography began much earlier. As a toddler of a professional photographer, she was often staged in tutus or with a finger in the nose. Growing older, she helped lug equipment to places like Tijuana, where her father was basing a children's book. Then in her teens she completed several photojournalism assignments abroad of her own, through children's organizations such as Compassion and other orphan relief agencies. Her own experiences as a child model have taught her that you can't capture the magic of childhood unless the subjects are free to truly be themselves.
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