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Anna Pavlova (Volume 85) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 91) Hardcover – Picture Book, November 1, 2022

by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (Author), Sue Downing (Illustrator)

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In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the true story of ballet dancer Anna Pavlova.

Little Anna fell in love with ballet after watching a performance with her mother. At the age of just nine years old, she auditioned for the famous Imperial Ballet! But…she was rejected.

The set-back didn’t stop Anna—she auditioned again a year later and was accepted into the company. Although ballet was her passion, it didn’t always come easily to her, and she worked fiercely to become the best.

After her training was complete, she performed across Russia and later formed her own company with which she toured the world. The story of Anna Pavlova, one of the greatest dancers to have ever lived, teaches us that with hard work, our talents can take us wherever we want to go.

This inspiring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the star’s life.

Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.

This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover and paperback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.

Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

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8 x 0.55 x 9.8 inches
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books
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November 1, 2022
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0711271127
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PreS-K—In the crisp graphics for which Downing is now known, the life of prima ballerina Anna Pavlova unfolds in a few board book pages and yet, it's enough. The format seems to ingest her life—from the tiny, two-pound newborn to the towering talent that enthralled millions—and then send it out to readers in dense bites rich with information: "Anna lived in a tiny house on the outskirts of the city. Her father died while she was still small, and her mother worked from dawn to dusk to bring food to the table—and a present for her daughter every now and then." The illustrations add further detail in the samovar, a table of tea things, intricate embroidery on the clothing of mother and child, a well-tended and immaculately dressed Anna, and a gigantic Easter egg adorned in traditional motif. This is but one spread. There is so much to see, replicating what happens onstage at the ballet, Pavlova's effect on her legions of fans, on dance itself, and her later years. Children will pore over the pages, eagerly taking in the exaggerated shapes, bright colors, and details of a famous person's life. VERDICT Why not? Like the meringue she inspired, this Pavlova is rich, light, airy, filling, ethereal.—Kimberly Olson Fakih

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Frances Lincoln Children's Books (November 1, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0711271127
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0711271128
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 7 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.55 x 9.8 inches

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- #177 in Children's Performing Arts Biographies (Books)
- #407 in Children's Dance Books (Books)
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¡Hola! My name is Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and I’m a writer and creative director from Barcelona. When I was a little girl, I used to read books under the covers with a flashlight once my mom had turned the light off. I always wanted to be a writer… but when I grew up, I ended up in advertising. It was a lot of fun though; I loved working with directors, photographers, designers, and I also wrote scripts, documentaries and texts for all kind of things.

Then, I decided to self-publish a book that had been in my mind for a long time. One day, one thousand copies of the book arrived at my home – I had no idea what I was going to do with them! I opened a little online shop, offered them to some pretty stores in my neighborhood and, one by one, I sold them all. Soon, publishing houses started to approach me to write books, but I was working on another idea of my own: a series about little people with BIG dreams.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 11, 2022

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I selected "Anna Pavlova (Volume 85) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 91)" by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (with illustrations by Sue Downing) for a young girl. At 5 years old, she's read several from this series and has enjoyed quite a few. She seems to favor the stories of people that she's not familiar with, so this entry seemed to fit that bill.

I have to admit that when I went through it, I felt it was one of the weaker entries in the series, but I am giving it a 4 star because the 5-year-old enjoyed it way more than I had expected. She did say that the art didn't quite fit (in her opinion), but she still liked the story about Anna. She liked that her mother had to work hard so it made sense that Anna would also work hard to be a ballerina. She appreciated that and was able to relate to it.

Since this book was for her, I'm going with her rating, and she says it is a 4 star. Her only criticism was the artwork but otherwise, it was a solid read and she enjoyed learning about Anna Pavlova.

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Strange artwork for a book about ballet. Like most LP,BD books, it is heartwarming.

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The first thing that struck me was the use of illustrations that were the antithesis of ballet. Big, blocky, and decidedly ungraceful, they do not seem to match the subject. Don't get me wrong; I like the artwork, it's quirky and entertaining, but I don't think it matches the book's theme.

As with many of the Little People, Big Dreams series books, the subject overcomes adversity and challenges to become successful and, often, famous. This is true here where Anna Pavlova was poor and was made fun of due to her body not being characteristic of a typical dancer's body. Her fellow students called her "Little Savage." But she overcame the obstacles n her life and became very famous.

Anna Pavlova used her good fortune to help others. She helped Russian children who were orphaned in the war find new families, and she opened a school for young aspiring dancers.

I am always most pleased when the subject of these books goes on to use their fame to help others. Despite the art not matching the subject matter, in my opinion, that is, I still think that this is another great book in the series and recommend it.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 10, 2022

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This is a decent book about the ballerina Pavlova. My 6 year old will enjoy it as she's considering whether or not to be a ballet fangirl with her life. I was unfamiliar with Pavlova beforehand but it portrays her as the best ballerina ever. The illustrations are rather lacking in this volume - I get some of the flowing movement meant to go with the ballet theme, but it seems like they just made the hair large and grotesque. Maybe it was too tricky to make that look like the real ornamental hair the way it was back then. Overall it's a pretty basic book with the same formula starting with her childhood and her love of ballet that grew over the years until she became the best and traveled the world. Overall I'd say it's okay and at the usual price of $15.99 I can't see many besides ballet enthusiasts jumping on board when there are much better options out there in this series. I know they've written about everyone in the world by now, but I wish they understood the economies of scale approach to sales, or even just the simple "you sell more volume at a slightly lower price". Even if they threw a bunch together in a volume deal they could move more product that way.

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A very nice book

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This book is adorable. I plan on giving this as a Christmas gift to a little one who loves ballet. She's actually 11. And even though this LOOKS like it's a book for a younger child, I think an older child will appreciate the inspiring story; especially if they're in ballet.

I liked how the book focused on Anna Pavlova working hard and later using her fame to help others. It was unexpectedly very inspiring. The art is simplistic, and stylized, but pleasant. Overall, a good buy.

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she was a star

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2022

In this entry in the informative series, readers learn about Anna Pavlova. She dreamed of being a ballerina from a very young age. Find out how she achieved her dream and what she also gave to others in this delightfully illustrated title..

Many thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for this title. All opinions are my own.

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Nice Biography, but Terrible Illustrations

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 9, 2022

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This installment of the Little People, Big Dreams series introduces children to Anna Pavlova, emphasizing her hard work towards achieving her dreams of becoming a ballerina. The biographical information shared in the book is briefly and fairly minimal, but there are more details in the author's note, along with some historic photographs of Pavlova.

The book gives a sense of the challenges she faced, such as growing up in a single-parent household and experiencing bullying at dance school, and it shows how she triumphed in spite of her difficulties, enjoyed a wonderful career, and went on to mentor many other dancers around the world, spreading ballet to other cultures and incorporating multicultural elements into European ballet.

The blocky, unnatural-looking illustrations are the reason why I'm not rating this book higher. The human figures have distorted bodies and faces, and their hair frequently stretches back behind them in extended, blocky shapes. Although the illustrations in this series are usually somewhat abstract and have flat color schemes, these pictures are visually skewed and unattractive. I would find them unappealing in any biography, but it is especially unfortunate that this illustrator handled the book about Pavlova, since the illustrations absolutely do not convey the artistry and elegance of ballet.

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Cute and well written and illustrated.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 8, 2022

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This Little People, Big Dreams book about Anna Pavlova is a moderately sized hardcover book. It has thick matte finished pages and feels robust and well made.

The story is written in short and easy to read and comprehend paragraphs... one on each page. It's the perfect amount of text for a young reader, such as my 5-year-old, or a bedtime story. The illustrations are bold, artistic, and fun. The story is thorough enough, and not boring. There is a more encyclopedia-like biography on the last two pages of the book.

All in all... another great book in the series.

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