DescriptionMiss Lily's fabulous pink feather boa is the most wonderful thing the Last Potoroo has ever seen. When Miss Lily dances the tango, the Last Potoroo can't take her eyes off it. And when she wraps it around herself, she feels, for the first time in her life, that she can do anything and everything! Something so fabulous just has to be magic. With an original music score, this audiobook will captivate and delight youngsters.
DescriptionLargely autobiographical, La Vagabonde recalls Colette's own years as a dance hall performer in turn of the century Paris, where she takes the listener backstage and into the demimonde of Renee Nere, an aging dancer, mime, and failed writer. Successfully evoking the excitement, the sounds, smells, tastes, textures, and colors of the Parisian dance hall, Renee describes her romance with her admirer, Maxime, and the downward slide of a young Piaf type singer named Jadin. The story follows the struggles of a woman who must choose between freedom and love. The story is told in a sultry, passionate, and intelligent voice. La Vagabonde contains all that is best in Colette: wisdom, vitality, and her astute observations on art, pleasure, and love.
DescriptionWhen three English orphans, Pauline, Petrova, and Posy, join the Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training to help out their new family, they have no idea it's going to be such hard work! Vowing to make a name for themselves, they launch into the world of show business, complete with working papers, the glare of the spotlight, and practice, practice, practice! But the theater isn't right for all of them...Pauline is destined for the movies. Posy is a born dancer. Practical Petrova finds she'd rather pilot a plane than perform a pirouette. Each girl must find the courage and the talent to follow her dream.
DescriptionGrace di Giovanni wants to be a Broadway star, but she has a long way to go. She's never even played a lead in one of her high school's musicals. This year, though, Grace and her best friend, Emily, have decided they're not going to just fade into the background. This year will be different. Grace spent the summer at a performing-arts camp, practicing day and night. So when it's announced that Grease, Grace's all-time favorite, is this year's musical, she is determined to play Sandy, the lead. But Grace will have to beat out her more experienced rival, Terri, and impress a top Broadway director if she wants to be the one in the spotlight.
DescriptionOn the heels of her captivating debut, The Tea House on Mulberry Street, comes Ireland's best-selling author Sharon Owens' new novel of passion, romance, and regret, and the winding paths to falling in love. Johnny "Hollywood" Hogan owns the ball…
