Everone Can Dance

When an alligator shows up to class one day, Mrs. Iraina and her ballet students are very suprised. But she is able to follow along, so they decide it's okay for her to join. The class starts calling her Tanya and even creates a new dance to showcase her larger-than-life talents and big, swishy tail: "The Legend of the Swamp Queen." Tanya has the starring role.

Everyone can dance, is set out as a written description of some of the beginners moves for anyone who wants to learn to dance Modern Jive. Many potential beginners say, that they have two left feet, thinking that they would have an intricate set of moves and steps to learn. This soon becomes apparent when they start, they realize that there are no difficult moves to learn. The fact that the footwork is simple, means that you walk or step, maybe the odd skip, also the arm movements, are relativaly easy, and they are all that is needed to be able to take you into a simple dance routine. Written in a concise way, to lead you gradually through the twenty two beginner moves, that are outlined. Some of the moves are easy, and some more difficult, if you work your way through them, they will all make sense. Everyone should learn to dance. Give it a chance, it is simple and inexpensive If you don’t try you will never know. It could lead to more interesting, or better things, you will not have to wonder “If” just do it. What have you got to lose ?

An Amazon Bestseller Jo’s mother, Babe, liked to drink, dance, and stay up very late. When the husband she adored went on sales calls, she waited for him in the parking lot, embroidering pillowcases. Jo grew up thinking that the last thing she wanted was to be like her mother. Then it dawned on her that her own happiness was derived in large part from lessons Babe had taught her. Her mother might have had tomato aspic and stewed rhubarb in her fridge, while Jo had organic kale and almond milk in hers, but in more important ways they were much closer in spirit than Jo had once thought. At a turbulent time in America, Never Sit If You Can Dance offers uplifting lessons in old-fashioned civility that will ring true with mothers, daughters, and their families. Told with lighthearted good humor, it’s a charming tale of the way things used to be—and probably still should be.

Josephine loves to dance. The emus show her how to point her toes. The eagles teach her how to soar to the music of the wind. Then the ballet comes to the sleepy town of Shaggy Gully and Josephine learns that there's another way to dance. This is how Josephine wants to dance, but will her dream ever come true?

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text portray a wide variety of people enjoying dance in many form. Includes brief notes about each dance style depicted.

Get ready to bop, bounce, and shake with this board book edition ofthe hit picture book from the acclaimed author of Alfie and Fraidyzoo There are so many ways to dance! You can jiggle or wiggle or stomp. You can bop or bounce or go completely nuts. You can dance at the market or the bus stop, with your fingers or your face. You can dance because you’re happy or even because you’re sad. But, what’s the best way to dance? Exactly how you want to! In How Do You Dance?, award-wining author-illustrator Thyra Heder explores dance in all of its creativity, humor, and—most of all—joy, in a celebration of personal expression that will inspire young and old readers alike to get up and get moving.

This poetic and uplifting picture book illustrated by the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines follows a young girl born with cerebral palsy as she pursues her dream of becoming a dancer. Like many young girls, Eva longs to dance. But unlike many would-be dancers, Eva has cerebral palsy. She doesn’t know what dance looks like for someone who uses a wheelchair. Then Eva learns of a place that has created a class for dancers of all abilities. Her first movements in the studio are tentative, but with the encouragement of her instructor and fellow students, Eva becomes more confident. Eva knows she’s found a place where she belongs. At last her dream of dancing has come true.

Oh, no! A mean elf has trapped Swiper in a bottle! To save him, Dora the Explorer has to dance her way to the Castle where she can win a wish to set Swiper free. Will Dora be able to dance to Swiper's rescue?