While most of the focus of this blog is on new books on dance, I would like to highlight today three of my favorites that are from the 1970s and 1980s.
The images clearly are of another time, but the charm of the images and the continued power of children reading about children, still hold strong.
While these books are out of print, many larger libraries still have them in their collections. If you are a used bookstore browser, keep an eye out for these three.
A Very Young Dancer by Jill Krementz is a beautiful look into the life of a young girl in ballet. The large format book is always fun for a young person.
At Every Turn! It's Ballet, by Stephanie Riva Sorine with photos by Daniel S. Sorine, is a photo book pairing a photo from a ballet class with a photo out in the world (both doing the same action, such as reaching, balancing, and kneeling.) Amazon.com has used copies of this for sale.
Last, I want to mention the Tana Hoban book Over, Under, & Through. While not specifically about dance, this book still works nicely in preschool and kindergarten classes to introduce spatial concepts that you can then explore in a dance class.