Baila, Miranda, baila - Dancing Miranda, Del Sol Books

Author : Diane de Anda, Illustrator : Lamberto Alvarez, Translator : Julia Mercedes Castilla
Preschool - 2nd Grade

Baila, Miranda, baila - Dancing Miranda

Baila, Miranda, baila - Dancing Miranda, Hardcover, Bilingual, Book, Diane de Anda, Lamberto Alvarez, Julia Mercedes Castilla, Preschool - 2nd Grade , 1558853235, # 10191h, $15.95

A young girl learns to dance for her mother’s joy in this enchanting children’s picture book.

Miranda lives to dance. Hers is a world filled with dizzying pirouettes and graceful flying leaps, all to the rhythm dictated by her very own heart. Miranda eagerly prepares for the day of her recital and her first stage appearance, a day on which she is sure to shine. But on the day of the recital, Miranda accidentally learns about her mother's debilitating childhood illness—an illness that prevented her from dancing as a child. Suddenly Miranda's limbs feel leaden, and she's completely lost her sense of flight. When Miranda sees the world though her mother's eyes, she feels trapped within the confines of her own body. Can Miranda rediscover her whirl and twirl? Complemented by kinetic images, the story of Dancing Miranda urges young readers to appreciate their gifts and look past the physical limitations that threaten a soaring spirit. Instead, they may find that their efforts give a little joy to those who have lost their own.

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School Library Journal : Gr 1-3-Miranda is a gifted dancer. She dances everywhere, with or without music, across grass and blacktop, while feeding the cat and during her dance classes. There is one place where she has not danced, and that is on the stage. Now that she is about to do so for the first time, in the starring role, Miranda hears her mother telling her instructor how proud she is of her daughter. It seems that her mother had polio as a child and wore heavy leg braces until she was a teen. Miranda is shocked and saddened by this revelation, and her feelings cause her to flub the rehearsal. Only a talk with her mother about the great joy the latter receives from watching her daughter restores her former exuberant excellence. This predictable story is told in a slightly saccharine manner. The illustrations in bright, clear colors are a combination of slick Barbie coloring book and interesting perspectives, dramatic lighting, and primitive forms. For a more contemplative, less message-driven approach to the joy of dance, Fred Burstein's The Dancer/La bailarina (S & S, 1993; o.p.) provides an option.

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