Reviews

Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes by Mahak Jain

lelliereads's review

4.0

A cute children's book about a young girl who is worried about fitting in at ballet class since she has only every known Indian Bharatanatyam dancing. I do prefer in children's books when the child protagonist comes to the conclusion on their own instead of being influenced by a parent, but overall it's a cute and informative book. It's diverse and own-voices and I liked that there was a boy in the class too.

I also liked the author's note at the end about how this modern story was inspired by when the British banned Indian traditional dancing during colonial occupation and a young dancer from India became friends with a ballet dancer from Russia and together learned cross-cultural dancing.

Thank you to netgalley for a free copy in exchange for an honest review!

appreeshation's review

5.0

yes i did cry reading this book and im not ashamed im so glad young children get to grow up with books like these because i never did and GOD im just so fragile i feel warm and fuzzy and the way it’s all drawn i recognize it all like guys!!! that looks like me!!!!! the outfit the actual dance moves the just. im literally so soft right now no one touch me. 

i need to show this to my dance teacher…..

chantal550's review

5.0

The art was amazing! I loved learning about dance history this was so cute.

bronsonmh's review

informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

I thought this was such a beautiful picture book. I love how this book shows how dance is universal and how we can learn from each other. I love how children can get the taste of the traditional dance of Bharatanatyam and mixing it with ballet.