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Author Lyon, Lea, 1945- author.

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.

Publication Info. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 920 TOWNSEND    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  J-B TOWNSEND    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  NEW LJW J-B TOWNSEND    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library – Children’s Picture Book Collection  JE LYON    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  JB TOWNSEND    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  PEOPLE & PLACES E TOW    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - On Display  JB TOWNSEND L    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Biographies  J B TOWNSEND    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Children's Department  J BIO TOWNSEND, SYLVIA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J PICTURE BOOK LYO    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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/Form Biographies.
Picture books.
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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