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Cunxin, Li

Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao's Last Dancer

40 pp. | Walker | August, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8027-9777-3 $16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. Li Cunxin's memoir of his rise from peasant to world-renowned ballet dancer is well translated into picture book form. Illustrations, both traditional Chinese ink and watercolors and oil paintings, enhance the lyrical prose; absence or use of color carries meaning and mood. An appended note explains life under Mao Zedong, allowing the story itself to focus on the dancer's struggles and success.
Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett

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