The Sleeping Beauty 艾拉与睡美人
Little Ella Bella loves attending Madame
Rosa's ballet class at the old theater. Most of all she loves the music that
plays from Madame Rosa's special music box, the theme from The Sleeping Beauty
ballet. One day, after ballet class has ended, Ella Bella is left alone with
the music box on the theater stage. As its music begins playing, Ella is
transported to the magical world where the Sleeping Beauty's story takes place.
Entering the palace of Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty, Ella meets all the
story's characters--not only the good ones, but also the sinister bad
fairy--and she sees the famous story unfold before her very eyes. Here is an
unusually imaginative retelling of the classic fairy tale, with illustrations
that capture the story's magic and mystery. A brief postscript on the book's
final page summarizes the history of ballet from its origins during the Italian
Renaissance to the late nineteenth-century, when the famous Russian composer Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky wrote
music for The Sleeping Beauty ballet.
Cinderella艾拉与灰姑娘
Ella Bella loves her ballet class, which
is conducted by the kindly Madame Rosa at an old theatre that seems touched by
magic. One day, when Ella loses one of her slippers, Madame Rosa lends her
another pair for dancing--and is then reminded of Cinderella and her story of
the lost slipper. Madame Rosa recounts the tale to her students, and Ella Bella
listens with heightened interest. When their day's lesson has ended Ella
lingers at the theatre, then opens Madame Rosa's music box and listens as it
plays melodies from the Cinderella ballet. Suddenly, Cinderella's fairy
godmother magically appears, and Ella Bella is transported into the beloved
story of Cinderella. This delightful book's final page describes the ballet
Cinderella, with music by the great Russian composer,
Sergei Prokofiev.
Swan Lake 艾拉与天鹅湖
The newest title in Barron's charming Ella
Bella series tells another story of Ella Bella, a little girl who loves to
dance. In this story, Ella's kindly ballet teacher Madame Rosa is preparing her
class to dance in Tchaikovsky's immortal Swan Lake, and as Ella learns the
story and listens to the music she is transported in a dream into Swan Lake's
setting. There, she meets Odette, a beautiful princess who is transformed into
a swan by an evil sorcerer. This beautiful volume's story is enhanced with
James Mayhew's color illustrations. A brief passage at the back of the book
recounts the life of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his creation of the music for this
famous ballet.
The Nutcracker 艾拉与胡桃夹子
Christmas is coming, and Madame Rosa has prepared a surprise party for her ballet class. "Ella Bella, would you fetch the music box?" asks Madame Rosa. "Then we can have some dancing at our party." As the music begins playing, little Ella Bella is magically transported into the enchanting, festive world of The Nutcracker ballet. There, she meets the beautiful Clara and her wooden Nutcracker doll. Together, Ella and Clara must fight off the evil Mouse King so they can break the evil spell that has transformed a handsome prince into the Nutcracker doll. When the spell is broken and the prince comes to life, he leads Clara and Ella to a magic forest where they dance to the music of the famous Nutcracker ballet. On the last page of this beautifully illustrated story, young readers learn about the origins of The Nutcracker ballet, its music written in 1892 by the composer Piotr Tchaikovsky for Russia's famous Imperial Ballet. ay in the modern world.