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Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina

by Lea Lyon and Alexandria LaFaye

Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina

Although there aren’t many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven-year-old, with the help of her new books, starts teaching herself the basics of classical ballet.

Soon Sylvia learns how to fly—how to dance—and how to dare to dream.

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