Ballerina Summer Reading

It's the first day of summer!  You all know I love a good ballet book, whether it be for grown ups or adults, and summer is the perfect time to find some great new reads.

I was super excited to find a follow up book to Tallulah's Tutu by Marilyn Singer.  Check out my blog on this cute story here.  Now Singer gives us Tallulah's Solo, just as endearing and wonderfully illustrated.  Now that Tallulah is a big girl ballerina she's certain she's to get the lead role in her school's upcoming performance of The Frog Prince.  Things don't go as planned though, when her little brother's dancing threatens to upstage her.  What's a ballerina to do?  Cute, well-written and easy to love, Tallulah takes us on another great dance adventure in her second book.  It's fantastically illustrated by Alexandra Boigner, I love the colors and innocence of the illustrations, below are a few excerpts!

Add this to your summer reading list and I'll keep you posted with more great reads I find.  Happy Summer!

Summer Reading, Ballerina Style

My favorite place in a bookstore is the children's section.  It's just so friendly and inviting, and I've always had a penchant for children's books.  I appreciate them as an adult in whole new ways from when I was young, and now am lucky to have a job where I can sneak into the children's section and sit with a stack of books (yes, amazingly I can still fit into those tiny chairs and benches) and peruse the whimsical stories and illustrations of children's books.  Of course if they have a dance theme, even better!  Here are a few that I found a few weeks ago and am loving.

Tallulah's Tutu, by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Alexandra Boiger, is all about Tallulah's quest to become a real ballerina and get her own tutu, since a ballerina isn't really a ballerina without a tutu dontcha know.

I love the illustrations by Christine Davenier in Miss Lina's Ballerinas.  Written by Grace Maccarone, this book is not only cleverly rhymed, but has a nice lesson about friendship and acceptance.

And, totally appropriate for The Ballerina Birthday is the book Princess Party by Joy Allen.  Fun, glittery, and great for all princesses in training, this book is a celebration of all things that princess can do.

All of these books will definitely be added to The Ballerina's Birthday story offerings, and keep your eyes peeled for new ones since I'm always in the market for a good book!

PS!  All these can be found at your local Barnes & Noble or at amazon.com!