Firebird
Subtitle: ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird
By: Misty Copeland ; illustrated by Christopher Myers
Contributors: Myers, Christopher
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Published: 2014
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780399166150
Subjects: Self-confidence; Dance; Juvenile fiction; Fiction; JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American; JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Dance; JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / General; African Americans; Ballet dancing
Description: American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.
Notes: Winner of the Coretta Scott King award for 2015, illustrator.

Coretta Scott King award, 2015, illustrator.