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Vampirina at the Beach - by Anne Marie Pace (Hardcover)

Vampirina at the Beach - by  Anne Marie Pace (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Vampirina, the little vampire ballet dancer, shows how to have fun and be safe at the beach.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>When the summer moon is full, a beach trip is an epic way to spend the night.</i>With her signature poise, Vampirina and her clan gear up for a festive time at the beach. Keeping her ballet lessons in mind, Vampirina demi-pliés on a surfboard, leaps for a volleyball, and finishes each competition with style, even if she doesn't always come out on top.Readers will shout Brava! for this third gracefully ghoulish picturebook by duo Anne Marie Pace and LeUyen Pham.<b>Praise for <i>Vampirina Ballerina</i></b><b> <p/></b>*Pham (<i>All the Things I Love About You</i>) and Pace are entirely in sync in this sweetly goth 'how to' for vampirettes under the spell of something more powerful than anything the dark forces can muster: ballet.<br> -<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review <p/>Readers will applaud this elegantly designed, well-told story. Brava, indeed.<br> -<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/>Pace's funny, matter-of-fact advice (always get a good day's sleep) works in harmony with Pham's expressive watercolor pen-and-ink artwork, which depicts the adorable minivampire leaping and pliéing enthusiastically across the pages.<br> -<i>Booklist</i> <p/>The sweet and spooky watercolor and pen-and-ink pictures are filled with motion and portray Vampirina's 'road to ballerinadom' with humor and insight.<br> -<i>School Library Journal</i> <p/>[T]he message that passion, dedication, and patience have beautiful results is inspirational for any reader.<br> -<i>Horn Book</i> <p/><b>Praise for <i>Vampirina Ballerina Hosts a Sleepover</i></b> <p/>Pace's droll advice contrasts delightfully with Pham's spooky-comical watercolors, . . . and it should prove heartening for readers who feel that their families are a bit different.<br> -<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>[F]illed with humorous details.<br> -<i>School Library Journal</i> <p/>Any gathering at Vampirina's is sure to be a scream.<br> -<i>Horn Book</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>PRAISE FOR VAMPIRINA BALLERINA HOSTS A SLEEPOVER</b> <p/>Any gathering at Vampirina's is sure to be a scream.--<i><b>Horn Book</b></i><br><br><b>PRAISE FOR VAMPIRINA BALLERINA</b> <p/>*Pham (<i>All the Things I Love About You</i>) and Pace are entirely in sync in this sweetly goth 'how to' for vampirettes under the spell of something more powerful than anything the dark forces can muster: ballet.--<i><b>Publishers Weekly, starred review</b></i><br><br><b>PRAISE FOR VAMPIRINA BALLERINA</b> <p/>[T]he message that passion, dedication, and patience have beautiful results is inspirational for any reader.--<i><b>Horn Book</b></i><br><br><b>PRAISE FOR VAMPIRINA BALLERINA</b> <p/>Pace's funny, matter-of-fact advice ('always get a good day's sleep') works in harmony with Pham's expressive watercolor pen-and-ink artwork, which depicts the adorable minivampire leaping and pli ing enthusiastically across the pages.--<i><b>Booklist</b></i><br><br><b>PRAISE FOR VAMPIRINA BALLERINA</b> <p/>Readers will applaud this elegantly designed, well-told story. Brava, indeed.--<i><b>Kirkus Reviews</b></i><br><br><b>PRAISE FOR VAMPIRINA BALLERINA</b> <p/>The sweet and spooky watercolor and pen-and-ink pictures are filled with motion and portray Vampirina's 'road to ballerinadom' with humor and insight.--<i><b>School Library Journal</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Anne Marie Pace (www.annemariepace.com) is the author of <i>Vampirina Ballerina </i>and <i>Vampirina Hosts a Sleepover</i>, and has had stories, poems, and articles for kids published in such magazines as <i>Highlights for Children</i>, <i>My Friend</i>, <i>Wee Ones</i>, and <i>On the Line</i>. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband and four teenagers. <p/>LeUyen Pham (www.leuyenpham.com) is the prolific and bestselling illustrator of many books for children, including <i>Grace for President</i> by Kelly DiPucchio, <i>Freckleface Strawberry</i> by Julianne Moore and <i>God's Dream</i> by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Pham has also written and illustrated her own works, including <i>All the Things I Love About You</i> and <i>Big Sister, Little Sister</i>. A former animator for Dreamworks, she lives with her husband and two sons in Los Angeles.

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