Independent Reading Suggested Books for Women in the Arts
Additional Texts by the Author
- Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You by Misty Copeland
- Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina Young Readers Edition by Misty Copeland (890L)
Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- Punching the Air by Ibi Zobi and Yusef Salaam (NPL)
- Tiny Dancer by Siena Cherson Siegel
- Wings in the Wild by Margarita Engle (NPL)
Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution by De Nichols
- Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance by Simone Biles (990L)
- Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela DePrince (940L)
- Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief, Rosemary Wells (750L)
- The Swans of Harlem by Karen Valby
- Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World (Women in Science) by Rachel Ignotofsky (1070L)
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