Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova - Laurel Snyder; Julie Morstad (Hardback) 03-09-2015 Commended for Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2017 and Orbis Pictus Award 2016 and Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) (Nonfiction) 2015.

The world is big. Anna is small. The snow is everywhere and all around. But one night . . .One night, her mother takes her to the ballet, and everything is changed. Anna finds a beauty inside herself that she cannot contain. So begins the journey of a girl who will one day grow up to be the most famous prima ballerina of all time, inspiring legions of dancers after her: the brave, the generous, the transcendently gifted Anna Pavlova. Beautiful, inspirational, and triumphant, Anna Pavlova's life is masterfully captured in this exquisite picture book.