“She was able to master gymnastic moves with little effort. Misty pretended to perform for an audience and imagined their roaring applause when she did all her moves just right.“
A Girl Named Misty: The True Story of Misty Copeland (American Girl: A Girl Named) | 
“She was able to master gymnastic moves with little effort. Misty pretended to perform for an audience and imagined their roaring applause when she did all her moves just right.“
Misty defied all odds, as the cards were stacked against her. She did not fit the ideal standard of what a ballerina looked like. Regardless, Copeland still practiced and achieved her dreams. This is a great motivational story to let children know they can achieve anything if they just practice.
pickThis children's biography was published in 2018 and is a book written by the American Girl Doll company. The story tells the journey of Misty Copeland becoming the first black female principal dancer of the ABT. A great way to pull diversity and history into the classroom, and empowers girls. What I like is that not only girls could be inspired by Copland, but how boys could look up to her as well.
Book fair time! It's our first book fair and I think I'm more excited than my daughter 😅
