I Dreamed I was a Ballerina
I Dreamed I was a Ballerina
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I Dreamed I was a Ballerina

Written by Anna Pavlova & illustrated by Edgar Degas
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8 - 12
Reading age
32
Page count
14
Words per page
AD1030L
Lexile measure
Oct 1, 2001
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Every girl remembers her first trip to the ballet: the anticipation beforehand, the orchestra’s first notes, the ethereal beauty of the ballerinas. This is a tale of one such girl who was caught up in ballet’s mesmerizing spell and became one of the greatest ballerinas of all time. In a story drawn from her memoirs, Anna Pavlova describes her first visit to the ballet to see the Sleeping Beauty. With simple, childlike language, she captures her love for her mother, the splendor of the ballet, and the moments that changed her life. The words are matched with paintings, pastels, and drawings of the French Impressionist Edgar Degas, to give this story all the magic of a fairytale. Complete with short biographies of Pavlova and Degas, I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina will delight any child with ballerina dreams.

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ballet1900-1949girls and womenchildhood1850-1899performing artsdanceRussia

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Book Details

ISBN
9780689846762
Publication Date
October 1, 2001
Publisher
Atheneum
Original Publication Date
June 28, 2001
Page Count
32
Words Per Page
14
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
8 - 12 years
Lexile® Level
AD1030L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~Y
ATOS® Book Level
4.1
Accelerated Reader® Points
0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz
55164
Accelerated Reader Interest Level
LG

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