A collection of seven classic stories that inspired famous ballets, including The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Coppelia, beautifully presented with a clothbound spine and ribbon marker. Children will be enchanted by the gorgeous illustrations that accompany each tale, showing handsome princes, fair maidens, and fairies both wicked and wise. A wonderful journey into the magical world of ballet. Includes internet links to websites with video clips of dancers performing the ballets.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Read-Aloud Treasuries .

This book has been graded for interest at 3-10 years.

There are 96 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2013 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Mary Joslin is the pseudonym of an in-house author. Alida Massari is an award winning artist who studied Illustration at the European Institute of Design in Rome. She finds inspiration from ancient art and architecture. She describes her work as modern with an ancient atmosphere.