Belinda Begins Ballet
(Viking 2008)
Before Belinda was a ballerina, she was just a tiny girl… with two very big feet! Little Belinda does just fine with her extra-large tootsies until the drama teacher casts her as the clown in her school’s talent show. But Belinda’s big feet have a mind — and talent — all their own, and when she gets in front of the audience, they’ve got their own ideas about what kind of show to put on!
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Reviews
"Fans of Belinda the Ballerina (2003), Belinda in Paris (2005), and Belinda and the Glass Slipper (2006, all Viking) will enjoy the girl’s backstory. Readers meet Belinda as a baby with huge feet and learn of her trials jumping rope, buying shoes, and playing hopscotch. On the positive side, her big feet allow her to reach a cookie jar on a high shelf and ski without skis. The plot revolves around a school talent show in which Belinda is pushed into being a clown. Terribly unhappy about performing, and peeking at another student practicing her ballet routine, she longs to dance as well. She enchants the talent-show audience by being true to herself and breaking out of being a clown and transforming into a ballerina. The illustrations depict a younger Belinda than in the other books but with otherwise the same look and feel. A solid story with a positive message about underdogs and self-confidence." – Linda M. Kenton, San Rafael Public Library, CA
—School Library Journal, April 2008
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