Who Was Maria Tallchief? (Who Was?)

by Catherine Gourley (Author) Val Paul Taylor (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th – 5th Grade
Series: Who Was?
Born in 1925, Maria Tallchief spent part of her childhood on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma. With the support of her family and world-renowned choreographer George Balanchine, she rose to the top of her art form to become America's first prima ballerina. Black-and-white illustrations provide visual sidebars to the history of ballet while taking readers through the life of this amazing dancer.
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Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780448426754
Lexile Measure
740L
Guided Reading Level
T
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
July 20, 2002
Series
Who Was?
BISAC categories
JNF007000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
Library of Congress categories
United States
Women
Indians of North America
Ballerinas
Ballet dancers
Tallchief, Maria
Indian ballerinas
Osage Indians

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