Title
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