TY  - BOOK
AU  - Copeland,Misty
AU  - Myers,Christopher
TI  - Firebird: ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird 
SN  - 0399166157 (hardback)
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New York
PB  - G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
KW  - Copeland, Misty
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Ballet dancing
KW  - Dance
KW  - Self-confidence
N2  - American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice
ER  -