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Everybody Dance!: A Terpsichorean Dozen --selected by Cindy Welch, Reviewer Creatures from chimps to ballerinas to a peg-legged man cavort and gavotte in this month’s Dozens, a moving (sorry!) tribute to the joys of dance.

• Barasch, Lynne. Knockin’ on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates; written and illus. by Lynn Barasch. Lee & Low, 2004. Gr. 2-4
  Clayton Bates loved to dance and, in spite of a cotton mill accident that cost him a leg, he high-stepped all the way to fame and fortune. (BCCB 7/04)



• Durango, Julia. Cha Cha Chimps; illus. by Eleanor Taylor. Simon, 2006. 4-7 yrs
  This rollicking countdown book features ten little chimps who sneak out to boogie at Mambo Jamba’s joint. (BCCB 4/06)



• Helldorfer, M.C. Got to Dance; illus. by Hiroe Nakata. Doubleday, 2004. 3-6 yrs
  From a hoppity-hop to an easy oozy dance, a young girl boogies her way through a long summer day. (BCCB 7/04)



• King, Stephen Michael. Milli, Jack, and the Dancing Cat; written and illus. by Stephen Michael King. Philomel, 2004. 5-8 yrs
  Milli is afraid to show her true talents until Jack and Cat dance into town and teach her some new moves. (BCCB 4/04)



• Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Chicken Joy on Redbean Road: A Bayou Country Romp; illus. by Melissa Sweet. Houghton, 2007. 5-8 yrs
  Miss Cleoma, a plain brown hen, does a fancy rooster-in-danger two-step to save her blue-headed rooster friend. (BCCB 4/07)



• Maybarduk, Linda. James the Dancing Dog; illus. by Gillian Johnson. Tundra, 2004. 6-9 yrs
  James is the ballet company’s furry good luck charm, but he dreams of being center stage. When they choose a ballet that calls for a hunting dog, James knows his time has come! (BCCB 12/04)



• Michelson, Richard. Happy Feet: The Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hoppers and Me; illus. by E.B. Lewis. Gulliver/Harcourt, 2005. 6-9 yrs
  It is a special night: the Savoy Ballroom opens in Harlem, a young father opens his own shoeshine stand right across from it, and his new son (born with tappin’ toes) enters the world. (BCCB 6/06)



• Miller, Norma. Stompin’ at the Savoy: The Story of Norma Miller; ed. by Alan Govenar; illus. by Martin French. Candlewick, 2006. Gr. 4-8
  In this lively memoir, famed dancer Miller remembers when twelve-year-old Norma, dressed in her Easter finest, took a chance dance with Twist Mouth George and turned it into a career that spanned decades and continents. (BCCB 4/06)



• Quattlebaum, Mary, ad. Sparks Fly High: The Legend of Dancing Point; illus. by Leonid Gore. Kroupa/Farrar, 2006. Gr. 3-5
  Colonel Lightfoot takes on the devil in a dance-off that will determine who owns a bit of Virginia soil. (BCCB 12/06)



• Schaefer, Carole Lexa. Full Moon Barnyard Dance; illus. by Christine Davenier. Candlewick, 2003. 3-5 yrs
  When the bright full moon goes behind a cloud, animal dancers find themselves with new and neighborly barnyard partners. (BCCB 12/03)



• Schubert, Leda. Ballet of the Elephants; illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Brodie/Roaring Brook, 2006. Gr. 2-4
  When John Ringling of the Ringling Brothers Circus teams up with choreographer George Balanchine, elephants dance! (BCCB 5/06)



• Siegel, Siena Cherson. To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel; illus. by Mark Siegel. Jackson/Atheneum, 2006. Gr. 4-8
  This graphic novel tells the story of the author’s youthful love affair with ballet, from taking classes as a young girl to attending the famous School of American Ballet to leaving ballet at age eighteen. (BCCB 1/07)



• Stadler, Alexander. Lila Bloom; written and illus. by Alexander Stadler. Foster/Farrar, 2004. 6-9 yrs
  The magic of a ballet class wipes away the sulks that come from Lila’s very bad day. (BCCB 6/04)



• Young, Amy. Belinda the Ballerina; written and illus. by Amy Young. Viking, 2003. 5-8 yrs
  Belinda’s dancing ability wins her a chance to dance at the Grand Metropolitan Hall, in spite of a trio of snooty judges who tell her she’ll never be a ballerina. (BCCB 4/03)

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