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De Varennes, Monique

The Jewel Box Ballerinas

40 pp. | Random/Schwartz & Wade | September, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-83605-3 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-93605-0 $19.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Ana Juan. Wealthy Bibi purchases a jewel box containing two ballerinas. When she loses "her lovely girls," Bibi confesses she would "give up all I own to have you back again!" and two real-life girls appear. The richly colored jewel-tone art suits the surreal tale, gently spoofing matronly Bibi and her possessions. This transformation story contains equally witty text and illustrations.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2007

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