Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of my blog, and I'm so happy to have made it to this important milestone. It's been difficult at times keeping up with the blog, but it looks like Picture Books & Pirouettes is here to stay!
To celebrate, I'm featuring a lovely picture book to be published by Barefoot Books in October 2011. It's called Lola's Fandango, written by Anna Witte and illustrated by Micha Archer. It has quite a celebratory cover, don't you think? Many thanks go out to Barefoot Books for sending me an advance review copy of the book.
Lola's Fandango is a story about a little girl named Lola who is jealous of her older sister Clementina--of how pretty her name is, how long and beautiful her hair is, how talented she is at painting. Feeling sad and alone, Lola seeks refuge in her parents' closet, where she finds a stack of old boxes.
Inside one of the boxes is a pair of black shoes with high heels and little red polka dots. Lola soon finds out from her father (Papi) that her mother (Mami) used to be a very good flamenco dancer. Papi shows Lola an old photograph of Mami wearing the shoes and wearing a special dress with ruffles and polka dots. He also promises to secretly teach Lola how to dance a traditional flamenco dance called the fandango.
First, Papi teaches Lola the rhythm of the dance. Then how to stomp her feet. And finally, how to move her arms and hands. Lola practices all year long, gaining confidence and developing the spirit and attitude needed to be a great fl
6 Comments on Celebration and Surprise in Lola's Fandango, last added: 8/9/2011
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Another adorable read! Oh how you make me wish I had a young girl in my life to share these books (and a passion for dance) with. My boys just don't get it.
Awww. Maybe one day those boys of yours will have some little girls for you to share them with :) There are some "boy" dance books out there, though, so maybe I can find one to write about soon...
Thank you for the great review Kerry, I am glad you liked the book!
Micha
Hi, Micha. Thanks so much for dropping by. It really is a beautiful book. Congratulations!
Oh wow, another beautiful review from you!! Such a pleasure to visit you for Book Talk Tuesday - I really love the way that you entice your readers into knowing more about the book. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing this one. I have a feeling I would love Lola. =)
Hi, Myra. That's so sweet of you. Thank you! I hope you'll stop by later in the month for a chance to win a copy of Lola. I'll probably run the giveaway for a few weeks :)