From: Farida Shapiro <fshapiro>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 13:50:58 -0700 (PDT)

In fact, I can to this day perform the inaugural ballet class "leap
-- clutch at long underwear! -- leap -- clutch at long underwear!" scene, and am happy to do so in person for any Beverly Cleary fan who asks.

-Nancy, ex-4th grade ballet student, leaping and clutching.

When I was in second grade, I read Ellen Tebbits for the first time and loved it. Ellen had the things I didn't have: ballet lessons, a best friend named Austine, and woollen underwear. I pleaded for dance lessons
(and got them the following year), but in the meantime, Mom found for me a pair of woollen underwear. I wore them and pretended to hate them
(They were actually woollen shorts, and quite comfortable.)

Did anyone read Fifteen?

Farida S. T. Shapiro Children's Librarian

Bellevue Regional Library King County Library System Bellevue, Washington
Received on Wed 09 Aug 2000 03:50:58 PM CDT