Degas's ballerina paintings are well known and admired and his sculptural work Little Dancer Aged Fourteen – the only sculpture he exhibited in his lifetime – is particularly beloved for capturing the essence of a ballerina. This book tells the ficti...

In a small village in West Africa, a young girl explains the special way she was born. Her mother had difficulty getting pregnant, so she seeks help in the form of a doll which she treats like a human baby, carrying it on her back and covering it wit...