The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Ormerod, Jan

Ballet Sisters: The Duckling and the Swan

32 pp. | Scholastic/Cartwheel | February, 2007 | Library ISBN 978-0-439-82281-7 $5.99

(2) K-3 Both beginning readers and preschoolers (who will easily understand the simple text) will have someone to identify with: preschooler Sylvie or her older sister, the unnamed narrator. The straightforward text includes lots of repetition, but not too much. Ormerod's clean line drawings, humorous and expressive, also help readers keep pace with this dancing duo.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2007