* Encourages creative play and strengthens a love for books and building

he’s not too broken up about it

Kai Cheng Thom is a writer

from heteronormative social pressure to thrilling romance

and not a few huge explosions

Bella Ballerina Wayne McLoughlin * Encourages creative play andFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Sharon M. Draper comes a debut picture book about a timid little ballerina who learns that the show must go onand willwith a little help from her friends. Bella loves ballet class and listens hard to the music so she can tippy toe turn, point, and pli in perfect time. When Madame announces a recital, Bella is determined to do her best. But when she tries to stretch up to leap lightly like a cloud, she wobbles