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Rachel Isadora

Rachel Isadora began dancing at the age of eight. She trained at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet and has danced professionally. Rachel lives in New York City with her family. Rachel Isadora has illustrated many books set in the world of dance and theater, including Opening NightMy Ballet ClassSwan LakeThe Little Match Girl, and Ben's Trumpet, which received the Caldecott Honor Award and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Award.
My Dog Laughs
Do I Have to Wear a Coat?
I Just Want to Say Good Night
I Hear a Pickle
Bea in The Nutcracker
Jake at Gymnastics
Old Mikamba Had a Farm
There Was a Tree
Bea at Ballet
The 12 Days of Christmas
Say Hello!
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Night Before Christmas
The Princess and the Pea
The Ugly Duckling
Hansel and Gretel
Rapunzel
Peekaboo Morning
Peekaboo Bedtime
The Fisherman and His Wife
Caribbean Dream
The Little Match Girl
Lili at Ballet
Flossie and the Fox

Books

My Dog Laughs
Do I Have to Wear a Coat?
I Just Want to Say Good Night
I Hear a Pickle
Bea in The Nutcracker
Jake at Gymnastics
Old Mikamba Had a Farm
There Was a Tree
Bea at Ballet
The 12 Days of Christmas
Say Hello!
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Night Before Christmas
The Princess and the Pea
The Ugly Duckling
Hansel and Gretel
Rapunzel
Peekaboo Morning
Peekaboo Bedtime
The Fisherman and His Wife
Caribbean Dream
The Little Match Girl
Lili at Ballet
Flossie and the Fox

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