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Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, July 2005
Hardcover, 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0689865767
ISBN-13: 9780689865763
Grades: K - 3
Awards and Nominations
- Bank Street Best Books of the Year
- International Latino Book Award Winner
- IRA Children's Book Award Notable
- Kansas State Reading Circle Intermediate Titles
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award Winner
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Description
José was a boy with a song in his heart and a dance in his step. Born in Mexico in 1908, he came into the world kicking like a steer, and grew up to love to draw, play the piano, and dream. José's dreaming took him to faraway places. He dreamed of bullfighters and the sounds of the cancan dancers that he saw with his father. Dance lit a fire in José's soul.
With his heart to guide him, José left his family and went to New York to dance. He learned to flow and float and fly through space with steps like a Mexican breeze. When José danced, his spirit soared. From New York to lands afar, José Limón became known as the man who gave the world his own kind of dance.
¡OLÉ! ¡OLÉ! ¡OLÉ!
Susanna Reich's lyrical text and Raúl Colón's shimmering artwork tell the story of a boy who was determined to make a difference in the world, and did. José! Born to Dance will inspire picture book readers to follow their hearts and live their dreams.
How did you come to write this book?
Dance was my first love and my first career. Later I became a children's book author. I chose to write about Jose Limon because the story of his life was both a classic American immigrant narrative, and a story of how one man drew upon his childhood experiences to create art. I enjoyed the challenge of expressing in words the rhythms, phrasing, and emotional impact of dance. I'm interested in helping kids understand what it means to be an artist and how people become artists.
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