Back-To-School List #2: K-5

I hope that this list will inspire and help librarians and K-5 teachers to build a great dance book collection this school year. Here are my "top 20" books. Out of print books can easily be found used on amazon.com at reasonable prices.

20 Great Books for K-5 Students

1. On Your Toes: A Ballet ABC - Rachel Isadora

2. A Young Dancer: The Life of an Ailey Student - Valerie Gladstone and Jose Ivey

3. Beautiful Ballerina - Marilyn Nelson and Susan Kuklin

4. Let's Dance - George Ancona 

5. Alvin Ailey - Andrea Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

6. Dance - Bill T. Jones and Susan Kuklin

7. Modern Dance - Andrew Solway

8. Dictionary of Dance - Liz Murphy

9. Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring - Jan Greenberg and Susan Jordan

10. Jose! Born to Dance: The Story of Jose Limon - Susanna Reich and Raul Colon

11. Dancing Wheels - Patricia McMahon and John Godt

12. Dance! - Elisha Cooper

13. Alphabet of Dance - Barbara Heit Schwaeber and Damian Ward

14. Ole Flamenco - George Ancona

15. Brothers of the Knight - Debbie Allen and Kadir Nelson

16. Drumbeat in Our Feet - Patricia A. Keeler 

17. I am a Dancer - Pat Lowery Collins

18. Ballerina Dreams - Lauren Thompson and James Estrin

19. Isadora Dances - Rachel Isadora

20. Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year - Kate Waters, Madeline Slovenz-Low, and Martha Cooper

Comments

[Suzanne]

I wasn't aware of the book Brothers of the Knight until I read your article in the Jan./Feb. issue of The Horn Book Magazine. I am going to feature it on a blog that I participate in for the Toronto Public Library. I am pairing it with Rachel Isadora's The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Thanks!