Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University | Degas and the little dancer: A story about Edgar Degas

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Keywords

apology, art, careers, dancing, disappointment, dreams, excitement, fame, fear, hard work, illness, loneliness, museum, opera, poverty, practice, school, security, sympathy, teaching

Title

Degas and the little dancer: A story about Edgar Degas

Description

Marie dreams of being a famous dancer until one day her chance of being in the Christmas show diminishes when her father becomes ill. Marie begins to model for a painter to earn money for her family's lost income. One day, Maria's sculpture shows up in the art museum and becomes the famed sculpture of Edgar Degas.

Author

Anholt, Laurence

Publisher

Barron's

ISBN

0-8120-6583-2

City of Publication

Hauppange, NY

Year of Publication

1996

Author of Abstract

Mollie Steadley, 2004

Citation

Anholt, Laurence, “Degas and the little dancer: A story about Edgar Degas,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed May 28, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13779.