The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories

by Barbara Newman

Book Overview

Featuring narration by Darcey Bussell, principal dancer with London's Royal Ballet, this book and cassette package contains musical selections from five of the best-loved ballets: The Sleeping Beauty,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789420244
• ISBN13: 9780789420244
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.9" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

The book has great illustrations but no CD was included

My kids were looking forward to have this book with CD, but the description was not clear to describe 😟

Great for little ballerinas!

I bought this book as a gift for a ballet class friend of my daughter, who is 4 1/2. I've since bought many more for additional birthday parties! The girls love hearing the stories, and it is a wonderful preparation for going to the ballet - they love knowing the story and what to look for on the stage. The moms tell me that their daughters love to listen to the CD as they are going to sleep. My daughter loves to listen to it in the car while she's looking at the book. We really love DK books. They are captivating, interesting, full of facts, and beautifully illustrated.

Beautiful book and CD

This book is full of information and pictures, and does a great job of describing the major ballets like Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. My daughters loved the numerous photos and drawings, and read the book for hours and pretended they were at the ballet. The accompanying CD adds an extra layer of interactive learning. I bought this with the Ballet Friends books by Kitty Michaels. Together they made a great ballet gift set. This book of ballet stories is terrific and gets an A++.

Aspiring Ballerina

This book was everything that we wanted it to be! My daughter is almost 6 and loves it. I bought it because she is interested in ballet and loves to dance, but we knew little about the stories of the famous ballets. This book was perfect for teaching her about five of the most famous ballets. I highly recommend this book & CD to others.

Great book!

This is a lovely little book with great pictures which has really helped my daughter learn moves and draw them. The stories are well written and it's great that a currently popular ballet dancer helped with it, not one retiring and probably never heard from again. I reccomend this book for people who like ballet and the stories, it a great book to read to children!

Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories

Great book! We bought it for our 4-year old's first dance recital and are enjoying reading and learning with her. The music is an added value and makes it all the more educational and enjoyable.