Felicity's dancing shoes
By: by Valerie Tripp ; illustrations, Dan Andreasen ; vignettes, Susan McAliley.
Contributors: Andreasen, Dan.
Series: The American girls collection; American girls collection
Publisher: Pleasant Publications
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Middleton, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Dance -- Juvenile fiction; Shoes -- Juvenile fiction; Williamsburg (Va.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction; United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction
Description: In colonial Williamsburg, nine-year-old Felicity's dancing skills improve when she changes from wearing clumsy shoes to dainty slippers but ultimately she learns that "Gracefulness is in the foot, not the shoe." Includes information on the education of girls in colonial America, focusing on dance, and presents square dance instructions.