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23) Salsa lullaby
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Parents put their young daughter to sleep with the help of some music and dancing"--
24) ¡A tu ritmo!
Author
Publisher
Lectorum Publications
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Rhyming text describes the many ways to wiggle. -- Texto en rimas describe las varias maneras de menearse.
25) The archer
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A young woman comes of age in 1960s- and 1970s-era Bombay, a vanished world that is complex and indelibly rendered. Vidya's childhood is marked by the shattering absence and then the bewildering reappearance of her mother and baby brother at the family home. Restless, observant, and longing for connection with her brilliant and increasingly troubled mother, Vidya navigates the stifling expectations of her life with a vivid imagination until one day...
26) Halloween hustle
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the dark, a funky beat. Something white with bony feet. Skeleton dancing up the street, Doing the Halloween Hustle. Skeleton is dancing his way to a Halloween party--but as he grooves across town, he keeps stumbling, tumbling, and falling apart! Can Skeleton stay in one piece long enough to make it to the party?
27) Sway with me
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Arsalan Nizami has learned all he knows from his 100-year-old great-grandfather, but when Beenish Siraj asks him to be her partner in a dance she's been forbidden to perform at her sister's wedding, Arsalan's world opens up in more ways than he could have imagined"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Amelia Bedelia's aunt gives her dance lessons as an early birthday present, she agrees to give it a try and soon finds herself making new friends and discovering that there is something to like about many different kinds of dancing.
Author
Series
The Nuts volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hazel Nut wants to sing and dance, but Mama, Papa, and Wally Nut are too busy, so Hazel calls in a special family member to get everyone moving.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this humorous version of the traditional tale, Chicken Little panics when an acorn falls on her head and sets off a dance frenzy among the other chickens, and while squirrel and the other animals understand what really happened, they soon join in the dancing--because it is fun.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Death was everywhere. They all stared at me, bumping into one another and slowly coming forward. Sixteen-year-old Zharie Young is absolutely certain her mother morphed into a zombie before her untimely death, but she can't seem to figure out why. Why her mother died, why her aunt doesn't want her around, why all her dreams seem suddenly, hopelessly out of reach. And why, ever since that day, she's been seeing zombies everywhere. Then Bo moves into...
Author
Series
Rainbow magic. Superstar fairies volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rachel and Kirsty are thrilled when their fairy friends whisk them away to the Fairyland Music Festival! But the festival is a mess. Jack Frost has stolen the Superstar Fairies' magic music clefs. He's determined to be the biggest superstar in the world and the girls are determined to stop him! Oh, no! Vanessa the Choreography Fairy is missing her music clef. Now dancers are stumbling all over! Can Rachel and Kirsty help save the day and the dance...
Author
Publisher
Ooligan Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As the only minority in school, sixteen-year-old Jamie grapples with honoring his Filipino heritage while still trying to fit in, but as racial tensions increase, he sometimes wonders if it would be easier to forget his birthright altogether instead of trying to embrace it.
34) Take the lead
Author
Series
Dance with me volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Growing up in foster care, Officer Traci Lucky had a rough start to life, but things are looking up now that she's found a place in Bridgeport with two sisters she never knew she had. One night while on the job Traci finds Gwen, a pregnant teen caught up in a dangerous world of drugs, and takes her straight to the hospital. There Traci encounters the oh-so-charming Dr. Matt Rossi, who surprises Traci with his compassion--and his movie-star good looks....
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The Anwen Morris Dancers are to play a pivotal role in the imminent nuptials of Henry, eighteenth Duke of Chellingworth. But it looks as though the wedding plans might go awry unless Mavis, Annie, Carol and Christine can help Althea, the Dowager Duchess, by finding a missing Morris man and a set of ancient and valuable artefacts in time for her son's wedding. Anwen-by-Wye might look like an idyllic Welsh village where family values reign and traditions...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Radha is on the verge of becoming one of the greatest Kathak dancers in the world until a family betrayal costs her the biggest competition of her life. She leaves her Chicago home behind to follow her stage mom to New Jersey. At the Princeton Academy of the Arts, Radha is determined to reinvent herself from scratch. Jai is captain of the Bollywood Beats dance team, ranked first in his class. He's an overachiever, but tight family funds means medical...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Set during the Great Depression, Sarah Bird's novel is about one woman--and a nation--struggling to be reborn from the ashes. July 3. 1932. Shivering and in shock, Evie Grace Devlin watches the Starlite Palace burn into the sea and wonders how she became a person who would cause a man to kill himself. She'd come to Galveston to escape a dark past in vaudeville and become a good person, a nurse. When that dream is cruelly thwarted, Evie is swept into...
38) Wandance: 1
Series
Wandance volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Kaboku Kotani is starting high school, and he plans to do what he's always done: go along with his friends, keep quiet, and not draw too much attention to himself. After all, it's hard enough to get by with a stutter like his-- why make things worse by standing out from the crowd? But then he sees another first-year, Hikari Wanda, dancing like no one is watching-- or like she doesn't care who sees her. It makes Kaboku wonder: Could he reach that...
39) Penguin cha cha
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Penguins are dancing in their cove, and a young girl is determined to join in the fun.
40) SOUL STEP
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Illustrates the power and bonds of sisterhood through step.
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