Brown Girls Do Ballet
Celebrating Diverse Girls Taking Center Stage
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When TaKiyah Wallace-McMillian went to enroll her three-year-old daughter into her first ballet class, she immediately noticed the lack of diversity of backgrounds and abilities among the students pictured on the school’s website. In response, TaKiyah, a photographer, began taking pictures of young dancers of color and launched an Instagram called Brown Girls Do Ballet. The Instagram was an instant sensation, drawing a community of dancers of all ages. A nonprofit organization, that provides resources, mentoring, and inspiration worldwide followed soon after.
Takiyah’s first children’s book is full of gorgeous photographs of irresistible young BIPOC ballerinas of all levels — from beginners to more experienced dancers. Writer JaNay Brown-Wood’s poetic text, inspired by the dancer’s graceful poses and powerful leaps, encourages young readers be proud of who they are and empowers them to take center stage. Brown Girls Do Ballet will inspire all readers to pursue their dreams no matter what barriers are put in front of them.
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"Photographs of brown girls of all ages, shapes, skin tones, and abilities are the star of this empowering ode to the grace and beauty of dancing brown bodies…. text and image(s) send the fierce message not just that ballet is for everyone, but that brown girls, too, have the right to move, to take up space, and to be seen. An ideal nonfiction companion text to Vashti Harrison’s Caldecott-winning Big, this is a joyful, hopeful celebration."School Library Journal, starred review
- On Sale
- Aug 27, 2024
- Page Count
- 40 pages
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal
- ISBN-13
- 9780762487592
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