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Lyon, Lea , LaFaye, A.

Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina

40 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | January, 2020 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-288878-5 $18.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jessica Gibson. Foreword by Sylvia Townsend. In chipper first-person text ("As musical notes start to float, I rise to my toes"), the authors describe African American ballet dancer Sylvia Townsend's childhood. Although her parents couldn't afford lessons (and segregation meant that ballet school was "for white girls" only), Townsend turned to the town bookmobile to teach herself and others. The digital illustrations are somewhat generic but bright and cheerful. Reading list, timeline. Bib.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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