Books with author Dianne White

A true story about the training of a real ballerina, this book is now a Scholastic Reader.At the age of three, Diana White sees Sleeping Beauty performed and knows she will be a ballerina. Diana practices every day and works hard to become a good dancer, but on the day of the big audition, Diana has a tooth pulled. Diana's jaw really hurts, but she tries her best and passes the audition!Finally, as an adult, Diana fulfills her dream to dance in George Balanchine's company and is accepted into the New York City Ballet!

An afternoon in the playground introduces different kinds of walls: a brick wall to draw on with chalk, a water wall, and a climbing wall. What follows is a playful yet profound exploration of the many ways walls can divide us or bring us together. When one child is excluded from a game, another builds a castle to leave him out. When the builder declares the castle MINE, other kids feel alienated―but the builder becomes lonely, too, when the others have fun without him. The book ends with the optimism of a new start: friendship, forgiveness, and imagination give the wall new meaning. Told with short, simple lines of playful, rhyming text and loose line illustrations by internationally known artist Barroux, this book sparks questions with empathy, insight, and charm. It’s a timely tool for inquiry-based and social-emotional learning, sharing the important message that walls can unite or divide, depending on the choices we make.