She Kept Dancing: The True Story of a Professional Dancer with a Limb Difference

This warm and inviting picture book, cowritten with Catherine Laudone and brightly illustrated by Natelle Quek, takes young readers along on Sydney's journey--through the joyous ups as well as the crushing downs--and tells the story of how through it all, she kept dancing.

No two dances were the same. Each one was beautiful because it was different--just like how Sydney's body was also beautiful because it was different.

Sydney Mesher was born with ten toes and five fingers. But it was her toes that her mom noticed first. "I can tell she's going to be a dancer," she said.

And it turned out Mom was right--after years of hard work, Sydney eventually danced her way onto the famous stage of Radio City Music Hall, becoming the first Rockette with a visible disability.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 10/31/2023
ISBN: 9781250842671
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 10.90w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 10/16/2023
Booklist 09/22/2023

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 553550 / She Kept Dancing: The True Story of a Professional Dancer with a Limb Difference
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5