The Girl Who Wanted to Dance (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763613457)

The call to self expression haunts a delicate, poignant tale about family and art, love and longing -- and the ineffable tie between parent and child.

Clara lives with her father and grandmother in a little village. More than anything, Clara loves to dance, but her father has had too much sadness in his life to abide dancing. When Clara sees a troupe of dancers performing in the village one June day, she is enchanted enough to follow their wagons deep into the forest -- and what she finds there changes her life forever. This bewitching fairy tale by master storyteller Amy Ehrlich, tenderly illustrated by Rebecca Walsh, honors the call to the artistic life and acknowledges with compassion the pain of those left behind.

Author: Amy Ehrlich
ISBN-10: 0763613452
ISBN-13: 9780763613457
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.90h x 10.70w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 129017 / Girl Who Wanted to Dance


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 01/01/2009
Publishers Weekly 01/26/2009 pg. 119
School Library Journal 03/01/2009 pg. 112
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Recommended, Satisfactory