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Ready to fly : how Sylvia Townsend became the bookmobile ballerina /

Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian help...

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Main Authors: Lyon, Lea, 1945-, LaFaye, A., (Author)
Other Authors: Townsend, Sylvia Robertson, 1943- (writer of foreword.), Gibson, Jessica (Illustrator), (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Townsend, Sylvia Robertson, > 1943- > Juvenile literature.
Townsend, Sylvia Robertson, > 1943-
Ballet dancers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Ballerinas > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American dancers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Ballet dancers > Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Picture books.
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