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Kent, Allegra

Grand Jeté and Me

32 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | October, 2021 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-239202-2 $17.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. When the little girl narrator visits her grandmother, a former prima ballerina whom she calls "Grand Jeté," dance infuses their ordinary moments ("we arabesque our plates and lunge for the milk"). Preparing for and attending The Nutcracker together, of course, is an extra-special occasion. Kent's text goes through the ballet's story line in a useful introduction for first-time attendees and gives a sense throughout of the warm relationship between doting grandmother and admiring grandchild. Glasser's merry illustrations include lots of dancing across the page, as well as moments of rapt spectatorship against the more lavish scenes of the ballet itself. An author's note explains Kent's own experience dancing in Balanchine's Nutcracker, and a glossary defines ballet terms.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2021

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