Josephine Wants to Dance - Hardcover

French, Jackie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810994313 ISBN 13: 9780810994317

Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Josephine Wants to Dance From the award-winning duo behind the bestselling "Diary of a Wombat" comes this story of a kangaroo who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer. Filled with lots of pink, this picture book is ideal for little girls focusing on their own dancing dreams. Full color.

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Review:

The oft-told story of the stage-struck youngster who saves the show when the star is injured returns in this variation that features a ballet-dancing kangaroo named Josephine. She perseveres in the face of a doubting brother named, of course, Joey, and a giggling audience. It's her ability to twirl and leap and point her toes that finally drives them to clap and cheer. She's a graceful if not beautiful ballerina who practiced her art with other Australian animals but yearned for something more than the outback and found it. The author and illustrator have a number of collaborations behind them, most notably Diary of a Wombat (2003). An entertaining read-aloud that shows off an appealing tutu-clad kangaroo leaping across perfectly pink pages as if she were captured in a series of camera clicks. (Picture book. 4-7) (Kirkus Reviews)

About the Author:

Jackie French was born in Sydney in 1953, grew up in Brisbane, graduated from the University of Queensland and moved to her present home in NSW bush land in her mid twenties. Over the past 10 years she has published over a hundred books on diverse subjects ranging from children’s fiction to pest control!

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0810994313
• ISBN 13: 9780810994317
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 28
• Illustrator: Whatley Bruce