Copeland, M. (2014). Firebird. New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
2015 must have been the year to celebrate dance. Books on Misty Copeland and Josephine Baker won awards or honors. This book is a story meant to motivate. The subtitle explains Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird. Misty convinces a brown skinned dancer that she can be a star dancer just like herself. She explains that it takes hard work, practice, and determination to rise to the top of your field.
The pictures stretch across the page. Christopher Myers shows the dancer with extended legs and arms emphasizing the long lines of a dancer. The text is short on each page. This book would be good for students to read themselves. Teachers could use this to show figurative language in stories.
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