I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina

9 best books like I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina (Anna Pavlova): Rumpelstiltskin, The Girl Who Was Plugged In, Blood Music, Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten (Early Elementary Story Books, Children's Music Books, Biography Books for Kids), Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain, Owl Sees Owl, The Suicide Shop, The Z Was Zapped, Entrez dans la danse

Rumpelstiltskin

Author	Paul O. Zelinsky
ISBN	0140558640

Richly hued oil paintings complement a story simply and gracefully told."Children...love the story for its mystery, and its familiarity. Adults will find that, like most classic fairy tales, this one rewards periodic rethinking." --New York Times Book Review"Zelinsky's smooth retelling and...

The Girl Who Was Plugged In

Author

James Tiptree Jr.

James Tiptree, Jr. (aka Alice Sheldon) is primarily renowned for her short fiction, but this piece, which won the Hugo for best novella in 1974, is also top-notch. It imagines a future completely ruled by corporations, where advertising is illegal, because life is advertising—companies use celebrities...

Blood Music

Author	Greg Bear
ISBN	1596871067

I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS REVIEW IS SPOILERY!! BEWARE!!

(dude, you seriously want an audio version of this??)

so i read this because bird-brian told me to.

i don't know that i am the best person to review sci-fi books. i have zero background in the genre, but for whatever reason,...

Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten (Early Elementary Story Books, Children's Music Books, Biography Books for Kids)

Author	Laura Veirs
ISBN	1452148570

This lyrical, loving picture book from popular singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and debut illustrator Tatyana Fazlalizadeh tells the story of the determined, gifted, daring Elizabeth Cotten—one of the most celebrated American folk musicians of all time.

Elizabeth Cotten was only a little...

Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain

Author	Cheryl Bardoe
ISBN	0316394289

The true story of eighteenth-century mathematician Sophie Germain, who solved the unsolvable to achieve her dream.

When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him...

Owl Sees Owl

Author	Laura Godwin
ISBN	0553497820

Fans of the classic picture book Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson will adore this utterly simple picture book in which a baby owl goes off on his first adventure.
 
With just three or four words per page, this story follows a baby owl one night as he leaves the safety of his nest (Home/Mama/Brother/Sister)...

The Suicide Shop

Author	Jean Teulé
ISBN	1906040095

Has your life been a failure? Let's make your death a success With the twenty-first century just a distant memory and the world in environmental chaos, many people have lost the will to live. And business is brisk at The Suicide Shop. Run by the Tuvache family for generations, the shop offers an amazing...

The Z Was Zapped

Author	Chris Van Allsburg
ISBN	0395937485

An alphabet book set up like a stage with 26 acts. It shows something happening to the letter and it’s interesting to figure out what he’s getting at. I’ll admit I couldn’t figure out what was happening to G at first. You turn the page to find out and see the next one. Most are fairly obvious, but it’s...

Entrez dans la danse

Author	Jean Teulé
ISBN	2260030114

1/5
Mis à part le côté fait-divers historique, je n'ai pas reconnu la patte de Jean Teulé et l'ai trouvé vraiment mal écrit. Certaines phrases étaient plus que bancales et demandaient de les relire plusieurs fois pour comprendre ! Ce fait-divers est intriguant mais je suis déçue de ne...