Ballet Bunnies #2: Let's Dance

by Swapna Reddy, Binny Talib (Illustrator)

Overview

Peek behind the curtain and find the Ballet Bunnies in this new full-color chapter book series featuring the most darling dancers you will ever meet!

The Ballet Bunnies dance to the rescue! The Ballet Bunnies live at Miss Luisa's School of Dance. The only kid who knows about them is their new friend, Millie. They love helping her learn ballet. Now Millie is ready to show off her new moves in her very first performance. The bunnies can't wait! But Millie is a little nervous to go on stage—she has butterflies in her stomach. It's time for the Ballet Bunnies to lend a paw and help Millie dance those butterflies away!


Twirl and spin with the Ballet Bunnies in Ballet Bunnies #1: The New Class!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593304969
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	03/02/2021
Series:	Ballet Bunnies: A Stepping Stone Book (TM) , #2
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 7.94(h) x 0.49(d)
Lexile:	790L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Award-winning author Swapna Reddy, who also writes as Swapna Haddow, lives in New Zealand with her husband and son and their dog, Archie. If she wasn’t writing books, she would love to run a detective agency or wash windows because she’s very nosy.


Binny Talib is a Sydney-based illustrator who loves to create wallpaper, children’s books, and anything else she can draw all over. She likes drinking dandelion tea and is inspired by Jasper, her rescue cat.

Editorial Reviews

12/01/2020

Gr 1–3—A new young reader series that is as saccharine as cotton candy. Millie, a little girl with brown skin and stylized facial features, has just turned six and her dream of ballet classes has finally come true. At Miss Luisa's School of Dance, Millie starts her first class, and realizes that regardless of her enthusiasm, first position is not easy. She also quickly meets the "mean" girl Amber. Amber fits the stereotype of pushy, in charge, and unwelcoming. Feeling a little overwhelmed after the first class, Millie sees shadows flitting across the studio and finds four tiny bunnies in tutus. These four bunnies can talk to Millie, and help her learn her first ballet steps. Dolly, Fifi, Pod, and Trixie befriend the girl, and Dolly travels home with Millie in her backpack. The story continues with protagonist preparing for a gala performance and rehearsing with her bunny friends. The second title has a tad more excitement when Amber hides Millie's watering can prop for the performance in the garbage. Of course, Millie finds her watering can, rescues Dolly (who was hiding in the can in order to support Millie during the performance) and it all ends happily. The illustrations of the bunnies are realistic, sweet, and adorable. This is a seemingly charming young reader that, unfortunately, has little plot or character development, and doesn't really bridge the magical and real-life connections. Most of the story is so predictable that six- and seven-year-old readers will quickly lose interest. VERDICT Bunnies and ballet go together like peanut butter and jelly, but this series never learns first position.—Susan Lissim, Dwight Sch., New York City

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