Illustrator: Brian Floca
Genre: Juvenile Non Fiction - Biography and Autobiography
Sub Genre: Performing Arts
Theme: Ballet, Entertainment, Dance
Primary & Secondary Characters: Martha Graham, Aaron Copland, Isamu Noguchi
Awards: The Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Date of Publication: 2010
Publishing Company: Macmilan
Summary of Book:
This picture book is a mature book that I, as a teacher, would use for older students. It has complex vocabulary and a lot of paragraphs. It tells the American story of the collaboration between choreographer and dancer Martha Graham, composer Aaron Copeland, and designer Isamu Noguchi. It illustrates the creation of the well-known ballet Appalachian Spring. It does a good job of showing all the details that went into creating the ballet. This would be a great book in the classroom or library to introduce what non-fiction is because it seems fictional. It is very interesting and does not come off as a non fiction story.
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