• Who Was Maria Tallchief? (Who Was?)

Who Was Maria Tallchief?
(Who Was?)

Author
Catherine Gourley
Illustrator
Val Paul Taylor
Publication Date
July 22, 2002
Genre / Grade Band
- /  4th − 5th
Who Was Maria Tallchief? (Who Was?)
Description

Born in 1925, Maria Tallchief spent part of her childhood on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma.

With the support of her family and world-renowned choreographer George Balanchine, she rose to the top of her art form to become America's first prima ballerina. Black-and-white illustrations provide visual sidebars to the history of ballet while taking readers through the life of this amazing dancer.

Publication date
July 22, 2002
Classification
-
Page Count
-
ISBN-13
9780448426754
Lexile Measure
740
Guided Reading Level
T
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Series
Who Was?
BISAC categories
JNF007000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
Library of Congress categories
United States
Women
Indians of North America
Ballerinas
Ballet dancers
Tallchief, Maria
Indian ballerinas
Osage Indians
Catherine Gourley
Catherine Gourley is an award-winning author and editor of books for children and young adults. Many of her nonfiction books explore the media and popular culture, including women issues. At present, she is the project director for Letters About Literature, a reading and writing promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and is the principal curriculum writer for The Story of Movies, a visual literacy educational outreach program of the The Film Foundation, Los Angeles. She lives in Pennsylvania.
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