For Richard John Gagliano, Jr.

  —C.W.

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  eISBN: 978-0-375-98488-4

  v3.1

  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright

  First Page

  Barbie loves to dance.

  Today she has

  ballet class.

  Barbie and Teresa

  take ballet together.

  The girls practice

  the positions.

  First, second,

  third, fourth, and fifth.

  Barbie leaps

  across the room.

  Teresa stands

  on her toes.

  Barbie and Teresa

  want to be ballerinas

  in a ballet company.

  A ballet company

  is a group

  of ballet dancers.

  Dancing is their job!

  The teacher invites

  Barbie and Teresa

  to meet a real ballerina.

  The next day,

  Barbie and Teresa

  visit the City Ballet.

  They meet Becca.

  She is a ballerina

  in the City Ballet.

  Barbie and Teresa

  spend the day

  with her.

  They go

  to the dressing room.

  Becca shows them

  her locker.

  The girls put on

  their ballet shoes.

  Becca takes

  Barbie and Teresa

  to ballet class.

  They meet

  the other dancers.

  Barbie and Teresa

  join the class.

  First,

  they stretch.

  The dancers stand

  at the barre.

  They point their toes

  to the front, side,

  and back.

  They move their arms

  up and down.

  The dancers

  take turns leaping.

  The teacher watches.

  The class is like

  Barbie and Teresa’s

  class.

  After lunch,

  the dancers practice

  for their show.

  They practice

  on the stage.

  They dance

  the same steps

  over and over.

  Becca is the star!

  She practices her solo.

  The director needs

  two more dancers.

  Barbie and Teresa

  will play small parts

  in the ballet!

  Becca teaches

  Barbie and Teresa

  the steps.

  Then they put

  on their costumes.

  It is time for

  the show!

  Barbie and Teresa

  can be ballerinas!

 

 

  Christy Webster, I Can Be a Ballerina (Barbie)

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