Coretta Scott King Award Book Club discussion
Coretta Scott King Award Book Club
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Firebird (other topics)Authors mentioned in this topic
Christopher Myers (other topics)Misty Copeland (other topics)
Misty Copeland (other topics)
Christopher Myers, illustrator of Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird. Written by Misty Copeland and published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Penguin Group USA
Received the 2015 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award New Writer Honor
An NPR Best Book of 2014
An Amazon Best Book of 2014 – Ages 6-8
An Amazon Best Book of the Month, September 2014
Essence Magazine Best Children’s Book of 2014
Just beautifully done in both illustrations and words. This is a book to share and for your child to treasure.
Age Range: 5 - 8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3
Youtube ABC video for Misty Copeland and Firebird segment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD1SW...
Her biography:
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina "Wrenching and revelatory." (The New York Times)
A recent article in people magazine:
http://www.people.com/article/misty-c...
Ms. Copeland's web site:
http://www.mistycopeland.com/home.html