Customer Reviews

Little Ballerinas (Reading Railroad)

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This book is a perfect buy for any parent who wants to show their little girl what ballet lessons would be like; without actually viewing a class. Using actual photos, it shows little girls preparing for ballet class (barre excersizes and plies in the kitchen, hair prep., tooth brushing) it shows an actual class at the barre, making friends, streaching. Then it shows the girls getting their tutus out for a ballet recital. Make-up, hair and head pieces, along with pre-show jitters. Some shots of a recital and the after shots with proud parents and flowers. A perfect way to show your future ballerina what ballet classes are all about.

My mommy and daddy read this book to me every night. I want to be a ballerina and this book shows little girls like me at ballet school. I love the pictures. They show the girls dancing without using too many big words. I would suggest this book to any girl who likes to read about ballerinas!

This is a informative book for children who like ballet! Great pictures that show how to practice at home and what ballet classes look like.

[Latest line on the Little Ballerinas: the publishers have caught and corrected the misprint! That should be good news--or it could be bad news should this author become the next Emily Dickenson, Sylvia Plath, or Toni Morrison. A first edition with a missing letter "s" could drive the price up into rarefied collector's territory. Therefore, should you have the defective edition, be careful not to let your little ones get their hands on it!]

To the reviewer who issued the cryptic statement that she was "shocked" because the book has what must be a "misprint"--I was prepared to find something erotic, perverse, horrifying, nauseating, sensational, or even politically incorrect. It's just a lousy typo. Had the reviewer chosen to be more helpful, she might have specified what it is--the omission of the initial letter "s" in the word "show." If it disturbs you as much as the preceding reviewer, simply use a thin black pen to insert the wayward "s." Or make up another story to tell your young reader: "Show" me "how" (fill in the blank, "to do a pirouette"?). I don't think that a single typo damns a convivial, charming, communicative little story (my 3-year-old granddaughter didn't either). It's fine to point it out (keep those publishers and proof-readers on their toes!), but wasn't there something to talk about in addition to the errant "s"?

My little girl is four and she loved this book...a favorite!!!

My niece is obsessed with all things ballet. She is 7 and loves all the color and pictures.