{"product_id":"tallulahs-solo-9780547330044","title":"Tallulah's Solo","description":"Tallulah is certain she will have a solo in her dance school's upcoming performance of\u003cbr\u003eThe Frog Prince. After all, she is now an excellent ballerina. And she's proud that her\u003cbr\u003elittle brother, Beckett, has started taking ballet too, even though he spends most of his\u003cbr\u003etime goofing off.\u003cbr\u003eBut then Tallulah gets an unexpected surprise . . . and not the good kind. What's a\u003cbr\u003eballerina to do when everything does not go as planned?\u003cbr\u003eBallet and sibling rivalry meet head-on in this fabulous follow-up to Tallulah's Tutu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarilyn Singer has written more than ninety books for children and young adults, including\u003cbr\u003eTallulah's Tutu and A Stick Is an Excellent Thing, as well as the award-winning Mirror Mirror: A\u003cbr\u003eBook of Reversible Verse (Dutton). She loves to watch ballet and is an accomplished dancer of\u003cbr\u003eswing, foxtrot, and chacha. While researching the books about Tallulah, she sat in on a number\u003cbr\u003eof ballet classes for girls and boys at the Third Street Music School in New York City, which now\u003cbr\u003eputs on performances of the Tallulah books, featuring Marilyn as the narrator. Marilyn lives in\u003cbr\u003eBrooklyn, New York, and Washington, Connecticut, with her husband and several pets. You can\u003cbr\u003evisit her at www.marilynsinger.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTruth be told, Alexandra Boiger really never took any ballet classes. If you ask her about her\u003cbr\u003efeelings for Tallulah and dance, she will tell you that the passion, strength, and humanity of this\u003cbr\u003elittle girl are what spoke to her while doing the art for both Tallulah's Tutu and Tallulah's Solo.\u003cbr\u003eGoing back to her own childhood, Alexandra felt about drawing exactly the way Tallulah does\u003cbr\u003efor ballet. Looking to the present, Alexandra sees all of Tallulah's emotions in her own little girl, \u003cbr\u003eVanessa, who wants to be either a professional soccer player, storyteller, or actor at the school\u003cbr\u003eplay--all equally enthusiastically. Alexandra was born and grew up in Munich, Germany. She\u003cbr\u003enow lives in California with her husband, daughter, and two cats, and has illustrated many\u003cbr\u003epicture books, as well as the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books. You can visit her at\u003cbr\u003ewww.alexandraboiger.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556268871954,"sku":"9780547330044","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01b68dbe-3f5a-41d2-9785-a9b61bedda6a.jpg?v=1731751006","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tallulahs-solo-9780547330044","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}