01672cam a2200349 i 4500 207016596 TxAuBib 20150319120000.0 140328s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014008878 9780399166150 hardback 0399166157 hardback (OCoLC)881386397 TxAuBib rda Copeland, Misty. Firebird : Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance like the Firebird / Misty Copeland ; illustrated by Christopher Myers. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group, 2014. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; hrd. ; 26 x 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice. 20150319. Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 2015. Copeland, Misty Juvenile fiction. Dance Juvenile fiction. Ballet dancing Juvenile fiction. Self-confidence Juvenile fiction. African Americans Juvenile fiction. Myers, Christopher A. BSBPL