This sturdy board book is part of the Sesame Street Elmo’s World series. I like the fact that cuddly red Elmo is our guide in this intro to ballet, partly because he’s a he and partly because the idea of a monster learning ballet is a funny one! Girl monster Zoe joins him, and they go to a ballet lesson. The story is told through a series of speech bubbles and text. Readertotz can learn the five basic positions as well as some fancy ballet moves:
The twirl is called a “pirouette” (peer-uh-WET).
Some important basics are covered, such as the importance of warm-ups and have good posture.
What could be better than a friendly, accessible introduction to ballet--with Muppets!
I know that my blog partner, Lorie Ann Grover, is going to enjoy this one. She's a former ballet dancer and a big Sesame Street fan! Although Muppet creator and all around good guy, Jim Henson, didn't do ballet to my knowledge, he did help build a crazy maze for some rat pets in his first New York office. This and other interesting facts are in my chapter book biography, Who Was Jim Henson?
Random House, 2009
Great review! Would love to hear what Lori thinks of it too. I'm a ballet fan too, having started at four! Always wanted to be a ballerina, and, also your post reminds me that I also wanted to be an architecht or brick layer after reading "There's a Monster at the End of this Book" over and over again in Kindergarten! Thanks for sharing this.
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ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read this. It looks wonderful, I agree.
Props for being a ballet fan and dancer! I danced for 10 years and ended in the Miami Ballet Company. Wrote about it in On Pointe. :~)
And I'm partial to There's a Monster, my last name being Grover. Ha! Love that you considered brick laying.