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- 1. Anholt, Laurence (1996).
Degas and the little dancer: A story about Edgar Degas.
Hauppange, NY: Barron's.
- Abstract:
Marie dreams of being a famous dancer until one day her chance of being in the Christmas show diminishes when her father becomes ill. Marie begins to model for a painter to earn money for her family's lost income. One day, Maria's sculpture shows up in the art museum and becomes the famed sculpture of Edgar Degas.
Mollie Steadley, 2004 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Apology] [Art] [Careers] [Dancing] [Disappointment] [Dreams] [Excitement] [Fame] [Fear] [Hard Work] [Illness] [Loneliness] [Museum] [Opera] [Poverty] [Practice] [School] [Security] [Sympathy] [Teaching]
- 2. Auch, Mary Jane (1997).
Bantam of the opera.
New York: Holiday House.
- Abstract:
Luigi, a bantam rooster, has big dreams of becoming a star singer one day. All the other roosters ridicule him, saying he is a show-off. Then one day he hides in a farmer's truck and takes a trip to the opera. Soon he is the star of the show.
Abstract provided by Kristen Pariseau, 1998 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Accomplishment] [Acting] [Ambition] [Animals] [Careers] [Chicken] [Courage] [Excitement] [Farm] [Goal Setting] [Independence] [Music] [Opera] [Performance]
- 3. Best, Cari (1999).
Three cheers for catherine the great!.
New York: DK Publishing, Inc.
- Abstract:
A family moves from Russia to America. The grandma of the family has a birthday and she does not want presents. Her grand-daughter spends hours trying to figure out the perfect "no present" for her grandma.
Abstract provided by Rusty Berner, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Baby] [Birthday] [Celebration] [Conflict Resolution] [Critical Thinking] [Dancing] [Decision Making] [Exercise] [Family] [Food] [Goal Setting] [Grandparents] [Holidays] [Language] [Multicultural] [Music] [Nutrition] [Opera] [Parents] [Party] [Poetry] [Presents] [Russian] [Self Esteem] [Song] [Stress Management] [Travel] [Verbal Communication]
- 4. Brisson, Pat (1998).
The summer my father was ten.
Honesdale, PA: Caroline House.
- Abstract:
A father and his daughter plant a garden every year, and every year she hears the story of how the ritual started. When her father was ten, he and some friends destroyed a neighbor's garden. In the father's guilt, he makes amends with the neighbor, and gains a friend.
Abstract provided by Michelle Newton, 1999 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Aging] [Baseball] [Behavior] [Community] [Conflict Resolution] [Decision Making] [Feelings] [Flowers] [Food] [Forgiveness] [Friendship] [Garden] [Growing Up] [Italian] [Mischief] [Multicultural] [Neighbors] [Nutrition] [Opera] [Sadness] [Sharing] [Sports] [Storytelling] [Summer] [Tobacco] [Traditions]
- 5. Edwards, Pamela Duncan (1998).
Honk!The story of a prima swanerina.
New York: Hyperion Books for Children.
- Abstract:
Mimi Swan loves the ballet. She practices her dancing all of the time and shows that she is very persistent. Mimi Swan dances her way into the Paris Opera House to perform in a production of Swan Lake.
Abstract provided by Inger Birkholm, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Bias] [Birds] [Conflict Resolution] [Critical Thinking] [Dancing] [Disappointment] [Discrimination] [Duck] [Feelings] [French] [Happiness] [Hard Work] [Individuality] [Language] [Nonverbal Communication] [Opera] [Peer Resistance] [Performance] [Persistence] [Pigeon] [Practice] [Problem Solving] [Swan] [Theatre]
- 6. Freeman, Don//Freeman, Lydia (1953).
Pet of the met.
New York: Viking.
- Abstract:
A wonderful introduction to the Opera through the adventures of a mouse, his family, and a cat.
Abstract provided by Allison Green, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Adventures] [Animals] [Cat] [Family] [Friendship] [Mouse] [Music] [Opera]
- 7. Spinelli, Eileen (2000).
Six hogs on a scooter.
New York: Orchard Books.
- Abstract:
The hog family wants to go to the opera. But when father Hog's car breaks down, they must find a different mode of transportation. After unsucessfully trying a scooter, roller skates, and other ideas, the six hogs take the bus. By the time they get to the opera, the show is over.
Abstract provided by Mark Walter, 2002 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Animals] [Balloon] [Bath] [Bus] [Car] [Cleanliness] [Clothing] [Conflict Resolution] [Critical Thinking] [Decision Making] [Dog] [Entertainment] [Exercise] [Family] [Feelings] [Humor] [Music] [Night] [Night] [Opera] [Pig] [Skating] [Sleep] [Taxi] [Transportation] [Travel] [Wagon]
- 8. Yee, Paul (2004).
A song for ba.
Toronto, Ontario: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre.
- Abstract:
A young, ambitious boy spends a lot of time with his grandfather learning how to sing and follow in the footsteps of his father who travels with a Chinese opera troupe. Wei, the little boy, loves to go to the opera and watch his father perform hoping one day, he too, will be a star. Through difficult times and financial loss, a young boy comes to the rescue of both his father and his cultural background.
Abstract provided by Meredith Corradino, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.- Keywords: [Ambition] [Assertiveness] [China] [Chinese] [Conflict Resolution] [Critical Thinking] [Decision Making] [Education] [Family] [Feelings] [Goal Setting] [Grandparents] [Hard Work] [Listening] [Loneliness] [Multicultural] [Music] [Observation] [Opera] [Parents] [Peer Resistance] [Pride] [Sadness] [Singing] [Stress Management] [Verbal Communication]
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