The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories

The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories
ISBN-10
1841482293
ISBN-13
9781841482293
Category
Ballets
Pages
93
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Authors
Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y. Stemple

Description

Out of each of those feathered skins rose a beautiful maiden dressed all in white, with long legs and supple arms and hair the color of corn shimmering in the moonlight.

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