Belinda Begins Ballet by Amy Young; Illustrated by Amy Young
	List Price:   $15.99 Unit Price:   $12.79 You Save:   $3.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0670062448 ISBN-13:   9780670062447 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   February 2008 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; With dust jacket Ages:   3 to 5 Grades:   ps to 0
Awards
2007  Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books  Winner!
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
When Belinda, a tiny girl with enormous feet, is cast as a clown in her school's talent show she is very unhappy, but after each disastrous rehearsal she observes an older student ballet dancing, then goes home to practice what she has seen. Before Belinda was 'Belinda the Ballerina,' before she was 'Belinda in Paris,' and way before she was 'Belinda and the Glass Slipper,' she was a little girl who wanted to dance. But there were two things standing in the way- her left foot and her right foot. Belinda's teacher, Mrs. Rhino, chooses Belinda to play the clown in a skit for the school talent show. Her feet are perfect for floppy clown shoes. But after seeing an older girl soar big across the stage as a ballerina, Belinda has other plans.... This fourth book about everyone's favorite ballerina is sure to delight little ballerinas with big dreams.