The Girl Who Wanted to Dance by Amy Ehrlich

The Girl Who Wanted to Dance by Amy Ehrlich

The call to self expression haunts a delicate, poignant tale about family and art, love and longing -- and the ineffable tie between parent and child.

Clara lives with her father and grandmother in a little village. More than anything, Clara loves to dance, but her father has had too much sadness in his life to abide dancing. When Clara sees a troupe of dancers performing in the village one June day, she is enchanted enough to follow their wagons deep into the forest -- and what she finds there changes her life forever. This bewitching fairy tale by master storyteller Amy Ehrlich, tenderly illustrated by Rebecca Walsh, honors the call to the artistic life and acknowledges with compassion the pain of those left behind.

Amy Ehrlich is an award-winning children's and young adult author who has written over thirty books. She also had a successful career as an editor of children's books, where she collaborated with many of the industry's best authors and artists. I've always been attracted by the Torah -- both as an object and as a repository of stories, she says of With a Mighty Hand. I intended to develop a rendition of the Torah that was accessible without abandoning its strength, strangeness, or the rhythm of its language when I set out to do so. I opted to write it in free verse, focusing on the characters and the story's heart-stopping drama. Amy Ehrlich is from the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

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ISBN 13	9780763613457
ISBN 10	0763613452
Title	The Girl Who Wanted to Dance
Author	Amy Ehrlich
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Candlewick Press,U.S.
Year published	2009-02-10
Number of pages	40
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.