Reddit mentions: The best children dance books

John Lennon was raised by his aunt and uncle, because they felt his mother wasn't capable of it. One of his younger half-sisters was adopted at birth by a Norwegian couple and he never met her, the other two were brought up by his mother and their dad until she died and they were sent to another aunt. His song "Mother" is about his parents not raising him.

I read a lot of Young Adult books, so here's some:

• Finley and the Foster Brother teenage romance, main character goes into care when her mother is hospitalized. Like most YA romance, you have to like the genre :)
  
• Anne of Green Gables for any kids today who don't know it!
  
• Ballet Shoes is an old UK book about three girls who have been adopted into the same family, and go to ballet school (if old stuff counts, there's quite a lot of British stuff set around world war II, like "The war that saved my life" and "Goodnight Mr Tom")
  
• The Great Gilly Hopkins, now a 2016 movie with a great cast, a 12yo girl who wants out of foster care
  
• Dicey's Song, the 2nd book in a series. In the first book, Dicey (a teenage girl) managed to get herself and her siblings to their grandmother's home after their mother disappears ("Homecoming"). This book is about the experience of settling in. It's part of a whole series, the Tillerman Cycle, that covers people in and around the family for years. Great books. My favorite is The Runner, book 4, but that's nothing to do with foster care.
  
  I haven't read these but heard strong recommendations:
  
  
• Returnable Girl, a 13 year old girl in foster care. This won a bunch of awards, but seems pretty predictable
  
• The Last Chance Texaco, I've seen it recommended as a solid story about a kid in a group home
  
  not quite what you asked for, but a few from the perspective of kids with foster siblings:
  
  
• Kinda Like Brothers, a kids book about a 12 year old boy and his foster siblings.
  
• The trouble with Donovan Croft, a boy and his new foster brother, in England.
  
  And some movies, besides Anne of Green Gables and The Great Gilly Hopkins above
  
  
  
• December Boys is a movie about four boys in a (1950's Australia) group home that I feel like is mostly famous for having Daniel Radcliffe in it.
  
• And here's a list of movies recommended by foster alumni. I had totally forgotten that the kid in Free Willy was in foster care!
  
  edit to add: Far From the Tree, an adopted teenage girl learns about her siblings, one adopted and one not.

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I am not a child-friendly person. I don't like small people and am not keen on babies, so I would like to nominate /u/Q-Kat's littlest one for the prize if I win. She has this on her WL which I think he would really like. My favourite memory of him is when myself and Q-Kat took him out for lunch with us and despite my obvious discomfort he decided that I was the best thing ever and proceeded to climb all over me and shower me with hugs. It was a reminder that little people are born filled with love and happiness until other people crush it. He's a cute little blighter, even if I have no idea what to do with him :)

There are lots of great picture books featuring strong, confident girls with dark skin. Try I Am Enough, Princess Hair, Mary Had A Little Glam, I Love My Hair, I Got the Ryhthm, and I Like Myself. If your family is religious, When God Made You could be another good one. I would also suggest a few books that specifically address differences in skin color, such as The Colors of Us, Happy In Our Skin, or The Skin You Live In. As others have suggested, kids absolutely do start seeing race this young and will start to draw their own conclusions if there aren’t ongoing discussions about the topic.

All three of my kids have love the "that's no my" series of books there are tons of different ones. They are short and have different textures for them to feel on the pages. This one looks adorable and there is literally one for anything they are interested in. My little ballerina would love This book. Thanks for this awesome contest.

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Ballerina by Peter Sis

Emma and Julia Love Ballet by Barbara McClintock

Lola's Fandango by Anna Witte

My 4 year old who is obsessed with ballet is loving these books right now!

I read a book to my son about this -- it's about a boy who has so much pent up energy he drives his family crazy before he finds an outlet in dance classes. He ends up loving the class. There's a not so subtle theme against gender stereotyping that was great to see in a children's book.

Also, my son picked the book out.

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The Dancing Man

I'll have to see if I can dig up our copy of it, but I know the last time I saw my dad reading it (I was a teenager by this time) he had tears in his eyes.

Dr. Seuss is always an excellent choice as well.

https://www.amazon.com/Ice-Sarah-Beth-Durst/dp/1416986448/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=ice+sarah+beth+durst&qid=1574756390&sprefix=ice+sar&sr=8-1
I found this to be a good cross of myth/fantasy and read it while in hospital. Took my mind off all of the night interruptions, lol.

The illustrator, Stephen Gammell, also illustrated a children's book called A SONG AND DANCE MAN. It's odd to read it, because it's really cute, but the illustrations have the exact same surreal style to them, minus the gruesome bits.

Not exactly the right book, but similar is: Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance

When the Root Children Wake Up

[Under 5 item] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0486440222/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=ON0FCSPJKN7S&coliid=I194I0BXOFE112)

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there's always next year

Edit: Forgot to add something to make you [smile] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sFEuEuTYM).

"Taking Flight" I think.

https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Flight-Orphan-Star-Ballerina/dp/0385755147

She also has a book about her journey: https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Flight-Orphan-Star-Ballerina/dp/0385755147

1. Giraffes Can't Dance or Poo in the Zoo or Pirates in Pyjamas?
   
2. A fancy Red Dead Redemption poster or Metallica clock or Metallica music box?
   
3. You could do the socks plus one of these cute ID badge holders?