Books with title Ballet Dreams

One windy day, a magazine blew down the road. I reached out and caught it. A pretty picture of a woman was on the front cover of the magazine. She wore a short pink dress that stuck out around her in a circle. She looked very happy.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 decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true. She has been dancing ever since, and after a spell as a principal dancer in New York, now dances for the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam.Beautifully and gently illustrated by Ella Okstad, Ballerina Dreams is the younger-reader edition of Michaela DePrince's highly moving memoir, Hope in a Ballet Shoe.

A young boy is determined to become the best baseball player in the world, no matter what.But can he copy his favorite player's bad habits and still make it to the major leagues?A funny story, full of pratfalls - perfect for fans of "A Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and "Big Nate". Appropriate for readers of all ages.Read-aloud time is approximately 30 minutes.The CHILDHOOD DREAMS series was first started when the author was eight-years-old. Now eleven, William is hard at work on the next (fourth) book in the series, BASKETBALL DREAMS. _________________________This book is the third volume in the "Childhood Dreams" series, a collection of tales in which a young boy tries his hand at different things in life, but almost always goes about things the wrong way. The first two books, FOOTBALL DREAMS and RACE CAR DREAMS, are available now!

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!

'I adore stories in which people have weird dreams, and strange things happen. But that's in books. Real life is supposed to be real, and I like my world to be solid around me . . . 'Mel is the class bookworm. She prefers books to people and doesn't want - or need - friends. She certainly doesn't want to be first-week minder for new girl, Imogen. And Imogen is odd. Slowly, Mel discovers that Imogen has a special talent - a family 'gift' that Mel thinks is more like a curse. And that's when she realizes that stories can happen in real life, too. For only she can stop Imogen's private horror story - stop the bad dreams . . .

Once upon a time there were five little girls who shared a dream. They wanted to be ballerinas and dance on stage like their sisters and cousins and friends.But it would be hard for these girls to make their dream come true. They had cerebral palsy or other physical disabilities, which meant their muscles didn’t move the way they wanted them to. Some wore leg braces. Some used wheelchairs and walkers to get around. But these girls were determined. They had a dedicated teacher. Every week they practiced. They worked hard. And one day they were ready. Ballerina Dreams is an inspiring true story of love, hope and courage for everyone and anyone who has ever wished (and worked) hard enough to make their dreams come true.Ballerina Dreams is the winner of the 2008 Bank Street - Flora Stieglitz Award.

The thrilling story of a young girl with an extraordinary power. Melanie is less than happy when her teacher asks her to help Imogen, the new girl in their class, to settle in. Mel would rather have her nose in a book than in a conversation. But as she gets to know Imogen, Mel realizes that there's something different about her. Imogen has a way of knowing what's going to happen in a book before she's even read it. And not only does she know it, she seems to actually feel it, as if it's happening to her. Unlike Imogen and her family, Mel can see that this power is more of a curse. But how far is Mel willing to go to destroy the magic and free her friend?