Mesher, Sydney

Summary: "No two dances were the same. Each one was beautiful because it was different - just like how Sydney's body was also beautiful because it was different. Sydney Mesher was born with ten toes and five fingers. But it was her toes that her mum noticed first. 'I can tell she's going to be a dancer,' she said. And it turned out Mum was right--after years of hard work, Sydney eventually danced her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MES

Clarke, Ginjer L.

Summary: "Did you know that many Highland dances use swords to prove their strength? Or that bharatanatyam dancers perform with bells around their ankles and red dye on their hands and feet? There's a whole world of dances out there! Told with simple language and shown with vivid photographs, A World of Dancers is perfect for emerging readers curious about the fascinating and varied dancers worldwide"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CLA

Curlee, Lynn

Summary: Dance prodigy, sex symbol, gay pioneer, cultural icon--Vaslav Nijinsky rose to fame as the star of the Ballets Russes in Paris before mental illness stole his career and the last thirty years of his life. A tragic story of a great genius, this compelling work of narrative nonfiction chronicles a life of obsessive artistry, celebrity, and notoriety.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Teen 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 NIJ