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Ballet Sisters
The Duckling and the Swan
By Ormerod, Jan
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-43982-281-7
- Publisher
- Cartwheel Scholastic
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
K-Gr 2 In this easy reader, two sisters like to put on dress-up clothes and dance. The older girl (the swan) is a slightly bossy school-age child who takes ballet lessons. Sylvie (the duckling) admires and often imitates her, but clearly has a mind of her own. In each of three short chap...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2007
Both beginning readers and preschoolers (who will easily understand the simple text) have someone to identify with in this easy reader: preschooler Sylvie and her older sister, the unnamed narrator. When Sylvie and the narrator dress up and dance, it's no surprise who gets to be the swan and who has to be the duckling. When the narrator, now a princess, commands Sylvie to bow, the little girl does, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Both beginning readers and preschoolers (who will easily understand the simple text) will have someone to identify with...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
