Author Margaret Greaves was educated at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, and taught English for many years at St. Mary's college.
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Margaret Greaves
Francis Lincoln
Lisa Kopper
Softcover
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches
69
1-84507-269-3
2003
Used
6 - 11
1
$ 12.95
$ 5.50
Synopsis:
Within the pages of Stories from the Ballet are the legends and folk tales from which the ballets came. Read about bewitched princesses, evil sorcerers and star-crossed lovers, a sad clown and a real-life clockwork doll. Included are the retelling of the ballets The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Firebird, Ondine, Swan Lake, Petrushka, The Nutcracker, and Coppelia. Any child, ages 6 and older and interested in dance, will enjoy Stories from the Ballet by Margaret Greaves.
Illustrator Lisa Kopper was born in Chicago and studied painting at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania. She is the illustrator of over 100 children's books including Daisy is a Mummy which was nominated for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. She now lives in Bristol.
Condition of the Book
Stories from the Ballet is a used book in very good condition. There is no former owner's name on inside pages. The Cover (no jacket) is clean and shiny. However, the cover has a crease at the top front corner as well as a crease to the bottom corner of the back cover page. There is some shelf wear to the bottom edge. The inside pages are clean and tight with no bent corners. It is a gently-used book.
If you are displeased with the book for any reason, you may return it for a complete refund. Save a tree, buy a used book.
