"Children's Bookwatch" features a review of "Lucy Dancer"

Congratulations to picture book author, and soon-to-be published poet, Eva Zimet, on this glowing review from The Picturebook Shelf of Midwest Book Review’s Children's Bookwatch: August 2020:

Lucy is an imaginative young girl who loved to run and jump at the beach and pretend to fly, holding a feather in each hand. Lucy sometimes wanted to fly away from her older sister, who made fun of her.

When her mother took her to a ballet class for the first time, she was reluctant and refused to wear the pink tights and pink shoes her mother got for her. Instead she wore black. Lucy was surprised by ballet, and by Miss Gabriela, her Russian teacher. Ballet was hard. All the words for the positions were in French. it was hard, sweaty work, but Lucy liked it. She went back.

Gabriela taught her the Russian word for heart, "dusha." She explained, "The arabesque does not come from the legs,..... It comes from the heart. You must open your heart."

The swirling, leaping images by Eva Zimet portray Lucy's growing skill and excitement as she learns to dance, always practicing to be better. When Lucy dances, she imagines light coming from her fingertips. All the young dancers practice very hard for their first performance together.

When Lucy's sister asks her if she was afraid of falling, she answered, "No.... I felt like I was flying." "Lucy Dancer" is a fabulous introduction to classical dance, which deserves to be a cherished addition to every budding artist's shelf.

Highly recommended for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library collections, "Lucy Dancer" is a beautiful picture book about classic ballet for young readers age 4-10 years.

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