Debbie Allen (A) and Kadir Nelson (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Dancing – 1999)

This modern fable by actress-producer Debbie Allen is a hip retelling of the classic tale of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Reverend Knight is at his wits end. Why are his twelve sons shoes worn to thread each morning when the boys claim to have been asleep all night? Then Sunday, the new housekeeper, arrives. Her voice is like a songbird and her biscuits are slap you good. With the gift of magic, she discovers the boys nightly trips to a swinging dance hall. They fear their father disapproval, but Sunday knows they must be honest with him. Can she work her sweet magic on the Knight family–and is there a place in it for her? (40 pgs) Ages 4-8

• Grade Level: Preschool – 3
• Lexile Measure: 0720
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.1 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces