Danza!

Danza! book cover — DUNCAN TONATIUH danza Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México ABRAMS BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS NEW YORK

Danza! — page 1 — Amalia ah-mah-lee-ah Hernández was born in Mexico City in 1917 and everyone assumed she would grow up to be a schoolteacher like her mother and her grandmother Even Ami ah-me as everyone called her expected that But one afternoon while her family was on vacation Ami saw a pair of dancers in a town square They stomped and swayed to the live music The danzas that they performed had been danced by people of that area for generations Ami was hooked She made a decision she was going to become a dancer herself 2

Danza!

Danza!

Award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh tells the inspirational story of dancer Amalia Hernandez, founder of Ballet Folklorico de Mexico.

About This Book

By: Duncan Tonatiuh

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Published by: Abrams Books for Young Readers an imprint of Abrams

6-10Age Range

6.0AR

32Pages

PeopleSubject

980LLexile

5-20 minsReading Time

WGuided Reading

WFountas & Pinnell

70DRA

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