Take a piece of prose. Filter out all sawdusty, throat-clearing, bush-beating, throw-away words. That rich, full-bodied elixir remaining? That’s poetry. Small but mighty. Whether you’ve shied away from poetry in the past or cherish poetry like the scent of a spring …
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Black History Month: Jazz
Each week of February — Black History Month — I’ll be posting a list of excellent titles for you to explore, grouped by topic. I’m starting out with a jazz theme. Learn and enjoy! Jazz on a Saturday Night, by …
still walking toward that dream…five to celebrate MLK Day 2015
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream, by Kristy Dempsey, illustrated by Floyd Cooper published in 2014 by Philomel Books “On November 13, 1951, four years before singer Marian Anderson’s Metropolitan Opera debut, dancer Janet Collins became the first African …
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a list of…five books that pirouette, swing, do-si-do, waltz and tap!
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca Appalachian Spring is an American classic. Most of us know it as a moving orchestral piece. But it was born as a ballet, with …
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