Dancing in the Wings
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Sassy tries out for a summer dance festival in Washington, D.C., despite the other girls’ taunts that she is much too tall.
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Actor, director, dancer/choreographer and singer, Debbie Allen’s career has touched nearly every facet of the entertainment industry.Allen’s Broadway career as a dancer, singer and actor began in the chorus of “Purlie”. She next appeared in “Raisin”, then in the 1979 production West Side Story”, for which she won a prestigious Drama Desk Award, as well as, her first Tony Award nomination. Allen received another Tony Award nomination in 1986 for her role as Bob Fosse’s “Sweet Charity”.
Kadir Nelson is an acclaimed artist and the illustrator of several New York Times bestselling picture books, including his authorial debut We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, which won a Coretta Scott King Award and a Sibert Medal. Kadir has received three additional Coretta Scott King Awards and five Coretta Scott King honors. He has also received two Caldecott Honors, for Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, and has twice received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780803725010
- Publication Date
- December 2, 2003
- Publisher
- Dial Books for Young Readers
- Original Publication Date
- September 1, 2000
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 52
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 77094500
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 43403706
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~530L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.5
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 44750
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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