Ballerino Nate
Illustrator
R.W. Alley
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2006
ISBN
9780803729544
Pages
32 pages
Genre
animal realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
After seeing a ballet performance, Nate decides he wants to learn ballet but he has doubts when his brother Ben tells him that only girls can be ballerinas.
Grade Level
PK-1
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gender nonconformity; masculinity; femininity; defying gender stereotypes
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
dogs
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2007
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006
Keywords
ballet; dogs; baseball; summer; pink; tutus; dancing
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker, "Ballerino Nate" (2006). Diverse Families. 1155.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1155