Full name: Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

Authors: Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Non Fiction, Biographies, History, Music Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781596433380 9781455877294 1596433388 1455877298

A picture book about the making of Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring, her most famous dance performance Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer Isamu Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan tell the story behind the scenes of the collaboration that created APPALACHIAN SPRING, from its inception through the score's composition to Martha's intense rehearsal process. The authors' collaborator is two-time Sibert Honor winner Brian Floca, whose vivid watercolors bring both the process and the performance to life. Similar books: When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown Mahalia Jackson by Nina Nolan Strange Fruit by Gary Golio Mama Africa! by Kathryn Erskine Before There Was Mozart by Lesa Cline-Ransome The Legendary Miss Lena Horne by Carole Boston Weatherford Leontyne Price by Carole Boston Weatherford She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton I Dissent by Debbie Levy Rosa by Nikki Giovanni Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh She Persisted Around the World by Chelsea Clinton The Oldest Student by Rita Lorraine Hubbard The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson The Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter Planting Stories by Anika Aldamuy Denise Elizabeth Leads the Way by Tanya Lee Stone The Case for Loving by Selina Alko Our Children Can Soar by Michelle Cook