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Title: Honk: Story of a Prima Swanerina by Pam Edwards ISBN: 0-7868-0435-1 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Honk! Honk!
Comment: A good friend of mine lent me a copy of this book to share with my little ballerinas (ages 3-6) during our summer dance camp. I must say, I probably enjoyed reading this story more than my students enjoyed listening to it. (We all loved it!) It is nice to find a book written based upon the ballet "Swan Lake" that children can relate to. Through Mimi, this book teaches with a little practice and persistance you never know what might prevail. Good life lessons that any child can benefit from. A great book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Practice Makes Perfect
Comment: We got this from the library by accident, and now I am going to buy it. My daughter (4 1/2) and my son (2 1/2) both loved it. Mimi's pluck is great, and her travails are hysterical. A real plus for me was that I was able to use her as an example of the benefits of practicing. (A tough concept for a 4 year old.) When Mimi's perserverence finally gets her onstage, she performs beautifully because she had practiced all of the ballet moves. "Nice shoes dear!" whispers one of the ballerinas.
Rating: 4
Summary: A humorous tale of determination, ballet and Swan Lake
Comment: "Honk!" reminds me of those old Barbara Streisand films, "Funny Girl" and "Funny Lady," where the determined--but klutzy--performer becomes the star of the show. Here Mimi Swan drives her animal friends in the Parisian pond crazy with all her ballet practice. After watching a ballet with the pigeons through the Opera House window where she notices, "They're all pretending to be me," she does everything she can to get in, much to the agitation of the manager.
"Honk!" is a delightful introduction to ballet for youngsters, but be prepared to pronounce the proper French ballet terminology, such as "en pointe" and "demi-plied" (with an accent over the e). And while the title of the ballet is never mentioned, Pamela Duncan Edwards' sense of humor is not wasted on those who recognize it as "Swan Lake!"
I just read this enjoyable title to a class of second-graders in our school library who really enjoyed it.
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Title: Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole ISBN: 0064435024 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 31 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole ISBN: 006443480X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Worrywarts by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole ISBN: 0064435164 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Dinorella a Prehistoric Fairytale by Pamela Duncan Edwards ISBN: 0786811730 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 25 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole ISBN: 0060289953 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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