ballet

Discusses the history of ballet, the training of dancers and choreographers, and the development of several ballet companies, provides synopses of various ballets, and explains what to look for when watching ballet.

Strawberry Shortcake enjoys ballet class with her friends, but when Lemon Meringue admits she thinks ballet is too difficult, Strawberry tries to help her friend.

Text and pictures show scenes and steps from "Sleeping Beauty," "Giselle," "Coppelia," "Swan Lake," and "The Nutcracker.".

Sassy tries out for a summer dance festival in Washington, D.C., despite the other girls' taunts that she is much too tall.

Simple text and photographs present ballet dancing, including simple steps. Written in English and Spanish.

Because Marie helps her poor parents by modeling for an ill-tempered artist, she becomes a famous ballerina but not in the way she had dreamed.

Tanya, a little girl who adores the ballet and cannot get enough of her older sister's dancing, dreams of the day she can amaze audiences of her own.

Despite himself, a child who wanted to go to the circus enjoys his first ballet performance.

Tilly, a little girl who loves ballet, plays the part of a cat in her class's dance recital.

Traces the development of ballet from its roots in fifteenth-century France and Italy to the present day.