Born to Dance: Celebrating the Wonder of Childhood

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Maddy O'Brien comes from a ballet royalty and is also very talented but one day a new girl Caitlin joins her school. Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF. PreS-Gr 2-The quiet text of this lovely story is complemented by radiant and tranquil illustrations. American photographer who won widespread acclaim for his New York Times bestselling book, Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday.

The dancers are stunning, and its so evident that they are having so much fun while shooting the photographs. Maddy is a warm, thoroughly engaging central character, with just a touch of the Emma Woodhouse about her, and the ballet scenes will leave readers itching to stand at the barre. In addition, he and his photographs have been featured on ABC World News, Nightline, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Today, and the BBC, and in the New York Times, the Huffington Post, O, The Oprah Magazine, New York magazine, and newspapers, magazines, and exhibitions all over the world. It was all captured so beautifully through the many selected titles, including: "play with me," "when I grow up," "oops," "do they like me?

In this affectionate sketch of an African American family's Fourth of July potluck picnic, the real cause for celebration is family companionship. She began writing when she was six years old and had her first book published while she was still at school. Matter was an Arts Envoy through the State Department on a speaking tour of South Korea sponsored by the U.

It is also incredible to see the immense talent of the dancers he photographs and their ability to tell a story through dance. The subjects include TV and internet stars like Chloé Lukasiak, Kalani Hilliker, Nia Sioux, and Kendall Vertes, as well as boys and girls from around the neighborhood. Fun fact is that a lot of these pictures were taken during the 10 Minute Photo Challenge, featured on YouTube.The first in a brand-new series about dancing, friendship and following your dreams from best-loved author Jean Ure, whose books are described by Jacqueline Wilson as "funny, funky, feisty - and fantastic reads! From Jordan Matter, author of Dancers Among Us with more than 100,000 copies in print and a social media star with over 800,000 followers, comes his most irrepressible project yet, Born to Dance. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Biography: Jordan Matter, a portrait and dance photographer, is the author of the New York Times bestseller Dancers Among Us. The first in a brand-new series about dancing, friendship and following your dreams from best-loved author Jean Ure, whose books are described by Jacqueline Wilson as ?

Now, in one dazzling photograph after another, he portrays dancers―ages 2 through 18―in ordinary and extraordinary pursuits, from hanging with friends to taking selfies, from leaping for joy to feeling left out. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.Chapters are introduced with Matter's charming personal stories and include "When I Grow Up," "Do They Like Me?

Capturing the joy, dreams and hopes shared with other dancers, forgetting the hard grueling training hours as they are outweighed by the love and need to express oneself full heartedly, body, mind and soul.

But it isn't until she comes across Caitlyn practising ballet in the gym that she realises there must be more to her story. Paired with empowering words from the dancers themselves, the photographs address such relevant topics as bullying, first love, loss and inclusivity. Jordan Matter's photography portrait of young dancers doing naturally what they love complements this beautifully. He has over 18M followers across social media, and his dance photography videos have been viewed over 2B times. Request Rejected This page is unavailable due to either geographic restrictions or other restrictions in place at this time.