Perfect for newly independent readers—discover the amazing life of one of America’s top ballerinas, Michaela DePrince, whose story is soon to be told in a major motion picture directed by Madonna. At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true. She has been dancing ever since and is now a principal dancer in New York City and has been featured in the ballet documentary First Position, as well as Dancing with the Stars, Good Morning America, and Oprah magazine. Young readers will love learning about this inspiring ballerina in this uplifting and informative leveled reader. This Step 4 Step into Reading book is for newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence.

The inspiring story of five little girls whose ballerina dreams come true with the help of their dedicated teacher.

Once there was a little girl who dreamed of dancing. Of skipping over rooftops and pirouetting round the moon. One day the girl sees the ballet practice for Swan Lake, and decides that all she wants is to become a ballerina... An enchanting picture book about following your dreams, written by CBeebies' presenter Cerrie Burnell.

Collects three stories starring three friends, each of whom struggles to conquer an obstacle in order to attend ballet class and become a professional ballerina.

Poppy loves, loves, loves ballet. Her greatest wish is to be a ballerina. But her secret wish is that Miss Caralie will choose her to do the exam with her best friend, Jasmine. Poppy's trying so hard in class, but the butterflies are shooting around inside her. Suddenly, the door bangs open and in crashes the new girl, Rose. Will Poppy get her secret wish now?

"The memoir of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States"--

A story of little ballerinas with big dreams. Little ballerinas have big dreams. Dreams of pirouettes and grande jetes, dreams of attending the best ballet schools and of dancing starring roles on stage. But in Harlem in the 1950s, dreams don’t always come true—they take a lot of work and a lot of hope. And sometimes hope is hard to come by. But the first African-American prima ballerina, Janet Collins, did make her dreams come true. And those dreams inspired ballerinas everywhere, showing them that the color of their skin couldn’t stop them from becoming a star. In a lyrical tale as beautiful as a dance en pointe, Kristy Dempsey and Floyd Cooper tell the story of one little ballerina who was inspired by Janet Collins to make her own dreams come true.