Author: Jan Greenberg
Title: Ballet for Martha-Making Appalachian Spring
Illustrator: Sandra Jordan and Brian Floca
Genre: Biography
Subgenre: Picture Book
Theme: The biographies of a famous composer and choreographer who collaborate to create a great ballet production.
Primary/Secondary Characters: composer Aaron Copland, choreographer Martha Graham, musicians, and ballet dancers
Award(s)/Publication Year: Mildred L. Batchelder Winner/2010
Publishing Company: Flash Point (Roaring Brook Press)-A Neal Porter Book
Brief Summary/Book Usage: This book tells the biographies of the famous composer Aaron Copland and choreographer Martha Graham who put together the great ballet production of Appalachian Spring. It depicts the rehearsals and hard work each put into making this production wonderful. A great deal of work and practice went into creating the music and moves that the production included. It is a picture book that shows tons of pictures of everything that is going on throughout their lives during the production of this ballet. Overall, all the hard work pays off and the production Appalachian Spring was a great success. I would use this book in my classroom when teaching about famous composers or choreographers or even famous ballets. I think the students would enjoy all of the pictures this book includes along with the detailed descriptions of the final production.
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