Deer Dancer
With Audio Recording
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
In this mesmerizing picture book from the author of the New York Times bestselling Stars, a young ballerina finds dancing inspiration in the natural world.
There’s a place I go that’s green and grass,
a place I thought that no one knew—
until the deer came.
This gorgeous picture book from celebrated author Mary Lyn Ray features luminous and evocative art from Lauren Stringer and will capture the hearts of young dancers everywhere.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The team behind Mud and Red Rubber Book Day return with another story celebrating a child's connection to nature in this case, the child in question is a young dancer who practices outdoors in a spot "that's green and grass, a place I thought that no one knew." Dressed in tights, tutu, tank top, and T-shirt (it's clear that, in addition to a love of dance, she has a strong sense of personal style), the girl is startled by the appearance of a deer; they size each other up before the deer disappears into the woods. During a second chance meeting, girl and deer share a dance together a moment heightened by the almost supernatural greens and yellows Stringer uses to paint this secluded forest refuge. Her stylized acrylics emphasize the deer's lithesome grace, too, giving it a coyly pointed snout and spindly legs that look permanently en pointe. Ray's verselike prose captures both the way the girl finds inspiration in nature and the joy she finds in dancing when no one is watching her no one two-legged, anyway. Ages 4 8.
