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A dance like starlight : one ballerina's dream
- Title
- A dance like starlight : one ballerina's dream / by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
- Author
- Dempsey, Kristy.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2014]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 15-508 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Cooper, Floyd
- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 27 cm
- Summary
- A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
- Subjects
- Discrimination > Fiction
- Ballet dancing > Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) > History > 1951- > Fiction
- African Americans > Juvenile fiction
- Ballet dancing > Juvenile fiction
- Collins, Janet > Fiction
- Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 > Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) > History > 1951- > Juvenile fiction
- Discrimination > Juvenile fiction
- African Americans > Fiction
- Call Number
- JFF 15-508
- ISBN
- 9780399252846
- 0399252843
- LCCN
- 2013009520
- OCLC
- 835611576
- Author
- Dempsey, Kristy.
- Title
- A dance like starlight : one ballerina's dream / by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2014]
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Cooper, Floyd, illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 15-508