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Ready to fly : how Sylvia Townsend became the bookmobile ballerina Cover Image Book

Ready to fly : how Sylvia Townsend became the bookmobile ballerina / story told by Lea Lyon and A. LaFaye ; foreword by Sylvia Townsend ; illustrated by Jessica Gibson.

Lyon, Lea, 1945- (author.). Gibson, Jessica (Illustrator), (illustrator.). LaFaye, A., (author.). Townsend, Sylvia Robertson, 1943- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven-year-old, with the help of her new books, starts teaching herself the basics of classical ballet. Soon Sylvia learns how to fly-- how to dance--and how to dare to dream. Includes a note from the author and a brief history of the bookmobile.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062888781
  • ISBN: 9780062888785
  • ISBN: 006288879X
  • ISBN: 9780062888792
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations, photographs (some color) ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
AD690L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.5 0.5 506827.

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Townsend, Sylvia Robertson, 1943- > Juvenile literature.
African American dancers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Ballerinas > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Ballet dancers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Bookmobiles > Juvenile literature.
Books and reading > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.
Picture books.

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