Lyons Regional Library

"Beautifully told. Maria Finn relays her adventures in the world of tango with excitement, wit, and insight." -Robert Farris Thompson, author of Tango: The Art History of Love Maria Finn's husband was cheating. First she threw him out. Then she cried. Then she signed up for tango lessons. It turns out that tango has a lot to teach about understanding love and loss, about learning how to follow and how to lead, how to live with style and flair,...

Frog and the other animals have a dancing good time both in and out of the water as readers are asked to identify such elements as the animals' clothing and rhyming sounds and draw conclusions from the text.

Easy-to-read, rhyming text depicts different animals dancing. On board pages.

When it's rock 'n' roll time during the prehistoric era, many different kinds of dinosaurs gather to twist, twirl, and tromp at a Saturday night party.

Shy Sophie, enticed by the dancing that she sees in the studio across the street, sets out to learn on her own.

Although she cannot speak or hear, Lotus trains as a Khmer court dancer and becomes eloquent in dancing out the legends of the gods.

"School dances are tricky. Everybody wants to go, but nobody wants to dance. The music is too loud for anyone to talk. Teachers are there watching kids, but telling them to go out and have a good time. Oh, and at Kersville Elementary, be careful because you'll have to watch out for ghouls on the dance floor!"--Provided by publisher.

The games in this book are improvisational and structured to encourage total involvement and cooperation. They combine dance and play to help children release spontaneity and self-expression, they are easy to understand and enjoyable for a classroom, a family or just two people.

Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa...

Offering extra help to a newcomer in Miss Bird's dance class, Mia and Ruby are frustrated by Sara's determination to put her own spin on every dance move, a preference that introduces the girls to new ideas about creativity and individuality.