Dancing in the Wings

Great story, gorgeous pictures!

My little Brown Sugar Plum loves this book.

My grand daughters love it!!!

If you have a little one who loves ballet, then they'll love this story by Debbie Allen. The books navigates the life of a little ballerina who so desperately wants to be perfect in every aspect of her sport, but has to overcome her challenges. I don't want to give the whole story away, but the book is a very good tool to reinforce courage, determination and will power. A must read.

I have gifted this book several times and I keep a copy in my library to read to children.

I purchased this book for my 8 year old daughter. Wow!! It was so wonderfully written and beautifully illustrated. As she read it aloud, I became more and more interested in the story. Its funny and inspiring. We both enjoyed it. I'll be looking for books by this author. 👍🏼

Gave it to a friend as a gift. She loved it. Arrived in great condition.

My son bought me this book after I shared the stories of the challenges and my dreams to become a ballerina. Throughout his childhood, I shared the stories about my hometown in Central Illinois where the ballet schools did not accept little black girls. I checked out every Beginning Ballet book from the library bookmobile and taught myself the fundamentals of ballet. From there I used my imagination & creativity to choreograph dance pieces. My mother sacrificed to buy me hard-toed white satin pointe shoes when she saw how serious I was. Needless to say, I cried at receiving such a wonderful gift about a little black girl who was able to live my dream.