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Marie and her parents are very poor, but she dreams of being the most famous ballerina in the world. Then she meets Edgar Degas at ballet school in Paris and his clay model of her makes Marie's wish come true.
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Edgar Degas
Marie dreams of becoming the most famous ballerina in the world, but it is hard to find enough money for lessons. At last she begins modeling for the artist Edgar Degas, well-known for his paintings of dancers and horses and for his fiery temper. When his beautiful sculpture of "The Little Dancer" is finished, Marie's dream comes true.
Complete with reproductions of Degas' work, this is another inspirational story from Laurence Anholt's bestselling series, celebrating some of the world's greatest artists and the real children who knew them.
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Edgar Degas
Marie dreams of becoming the most famous ballerina in the world, but it is hard to find enough money for lessons. At last she begins modeling for the artist Edgar Degas, well-known for his paintings of dancers and horses and for his fiery temper. When his beautiful sculpture of "The Little Dancer" is finished, Marie's dream comes true.
Complete with reproductions of Degas' work, this is another inspirational story from Laurence Anholt's bestselling series, celebrating some of the world's greatest artists and the real children who knew them.
Laurence Anholt is the author and illustrator of several childrenā€™s books about famous artists, all available in North America from Barronā€™s. They include Degas and the Little Dancer, Leonardo and the Flying Boy, The Magical Garden of Claude Monet, and van Gogh and the Sunflowers.
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- PublisherPaw Prints
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1439599017
- ISBN 13 9781439599013
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages27
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