Ballerina Dreams
Michaela DePrince (Author), Ella Okstad
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- Ffeithiau a gwybodaeth. Rhestrau, ystadegau a digon o ffeithiau
- Ffeithiau a gwybodaeth. Rhestrau, ystadegau a digon o ffeithiau
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One windy day, a magazine blew down the road. I reached out and caught it. A pretty picture of a woman was on the front cover of the magazine. She wore a short pink dress that stuck out around her in a circle. She looked very happy. At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true. She has been dancing ever since, and after a spell as a principal dancer in New York, now dances for the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. Beautifully and gently illustrated by Ella Okstad, Ballerina Dreams is the younger-reader edition of Michaela DePrince's highly moving memoir, Hope in a Ballet Shoe.
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It interests me because I like dancing
Anonymous 27.07.2024
I really liked that Mia didn’t make fun of the girls spots. The best part was when Mia and Michaela became sister. I would recommend it to everyone I know. 10/10
Anonymous 06.01.2024
I like the lady.
Anonymous 14.08.2023
This book is a true story about a girl who's Parents died in a war and then she got sent to orphanage the starting to cry she didn't like to cry in infront of other people. But she had a best friend There and then those to go adopted by the same mother and she was the girl had a rare like I donid1878 t have explained The girl used to get like white Fox on her skin and she thought the mother might not like her but he has told her mother that she wanted to be a ballerina when she grew up like the girl And then when she goes up she was a professional partner who could do anything if she wanted to she learned for a lot of years and then she inspired other black people to be ballerinas and evi love the story and yeah And I do recommend this to other people
Anonymous 25.07.2023
Your dream will come I recommend this book a 10 out of 10
Anonymous 19.07.2023
It's a true story. Not many pictures long pages to read.
Anonymous 14.07.2023
After reading this I believe in my dreams and in myself that I can achieve whatever I want.
Anonymous 07.09.2022
I liked learning about Michaela and I like the pictures.
Anonymous 20.07.2022
I thought it was fiction. It wasn’t fiction. It was real but I don’t like anyone. It is factual and it interresed me because it’s a ballerina. Yes because it’s nice.
Lady Pinky Borchester-Smythe 15.07.2022
this book tells you that everyone is different IN ANY WAY!!!!
Anonymous 02.06.2022
this was a true story of a ballet lady Michela Deprince she was an orphan girl when she was little and grows into an intenational ballet girl.she also danced in a movie .her dreams of being a ballet has comed true. this all begin from a poster of a ballet who was smiling
Anonymous 07.01.2022
bad and good
Anonymous 19.08.2021
a brilliant book to read! I recommend this.
Anonymous 17.08.2021
It was amazing she worked so hard to become a ballerina. It is a true story book
Anonymous 06.08.2021
I like this book because the girl become a ballerina, after working really hard. She made her dream come true.
Anonymous 14.07.2021
I found this one really interesting. It’s a new book mummy got for me. I would recommend this to a friend.
Anonymous 08.10.2020
I like this book it's about a girl and teaches us that it's ok to just be yourself.
Anonymous 24.08.2020
It's a really good book and inspirational. My favourite characters are Michaela and Mia.
Anonymous 22.08.2020
I think this book was amazing! I would like to be like Michaela, she is now a very good ballerina.
Anonymous 31.07.2020
This book is about an orphaned girl, Michaela, whose parents died in the ongoing war in Sierra Leone. She gets adopted by a lady who has hair the colour of daisies. Her best friend Mia also gets adopted. One windy day at the orphanage, a magazine blows through the open doors and on the front cover is a picture of a woman looking very happy, dancing ballet. Michaela, gets this magazine and wishes and dreams of being like this woman. When she's adopted she begins ballet lessons and her favourite step is the jete. She makes her way into the Nutcracker and soon she is on television. When she was 8 years old she twisted her left ankle during a dancing competition but despite that she got a scholarship. Many children ask her how she got this amazing and she says it begins with one step, if you practice every day, you can achieve what you wish to do.
Anonymous 25.07.2020