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Title Ready to fly : how Sylvia Townsend became the bookmobile ballerina / story told by Lea Lyon and A. LaFaye ; foreword by Sylvia Townsend ; illustrated by Jessica Gibson.
Author Lyon, Lea, 1945- author.
Publication Info. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
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Location Call No. Status
 Chickasaw  J B TOWNSEND    Check Shelves
 Fairview Shores  J B TOWNSEND    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B TOWNSEND    Check Shelves
 South Creek  J B TOWNSEND    Check Shelves
 Southeast  J B TOWNSEND    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  J B TOWNSEND    Checked Out
Edition First edition.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
text txt rdacontent
still image sti rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [38]).
Summary Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven-year-old, with the help of her new books, starts teaching herself the basics of classical ballet. Soon Sylvia learns how to fly-- how to dance--and how to dare to dream. Includes a note from the author and a brief history of the bookmobile.
Subject Townsend, Sylvia Robertson, 1943- -- Juvenile literature.
Ballet dancers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ballerinas -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American dancers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ballet dancers.
African American dancers.
Genre Biographies.
Picture books.
Subject ocls african american juv bio
Added Author LaFaye, A., author.
Townsend, Sylvia Robertson, 1943- writer of foreword.
Gibson, Jessica (Illustrator), illustrator.
ISBN 9780062888785 (hardcover) : $
0062888781 (hardcover)
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