Pre-School – K
- Dancing Dinos by Sally Lucas, Margeaux Lucas *
- Dancing Feet! by Lindsey Craig and Marc Brown *
- Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird
- Ballerina Swan by Allegra Kent
- Bea at Ballet by Rachel Isadora
- Cock-a-Doodle Dance! by Christine Tricarico
- Dancing Dreams by Kate Ohrt
- Dancing with the Dinosaurs by Jane Clarke
- Duck Sock-Hop by Jane Kohuth
- Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems
- I Love to Dance by Anna Walker
- If I were a Ballerina by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
- Lola’s Fandango by Anna Witte
- Miss Lina’s Ballerinas by Grace Maccarone
- My Friend Maya Loves to Dance by Cheryl Willis Hudson
- Naughty Toes by Ann Bonwill
- Tallulah’s Solo by Marilyn Singer
- Tallulah’s Tutu by Marilyn Singer
- Tip-Tap Pop by Sarah Lynn
- Stella is a Star by Bernadette Peters
- The Very Fairy Princess Takes the Stage by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton
- The Katy Duck series (Katy Duck, Dance Star; Katy Duck Goes to Dance Class; Starring Katy Duck; Katy Duck Makes a Friend) by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
- The Mia series (including Mia and the Big Sister Ballet; Mia and the Daisy Dance; Mia and the Dance for Two; Mia and the Too Big Tutu) by Robin Farley
Grades K-4
- Ballet for Beginners by Mary Kate Mellow and Stephanie Troeller*
- Kylie Jean, Dancing Queen by Marci Peschke*
- Ivy and Bean Doomed to Dance by Annie Barrows*
- Dilly Dog’s Dizzy Dancing by Barbara deRubertis*
- I am a Dancer by Pat Lowery Collins*
- Song & Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
- Dancing in My Bones by S. Andrews
- Dance! by E. Cooper
- Meet Rory Hohenstein, a Professional Dancer by Jill Duvall
- Dance by S. Kuklin and Bill T. Jones
- Bon Odori Dancer by K.K. McCoy
- A Day in the Life of a Dancer by Helen Packard
- Boy, Can He Dance! by E. Spinelli
- Tallchief:America’s Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief with Rosemary Wells
- The Young Dancer by Darcey Bussell
- The Ghost Dance by A. McLerran
Grades 5-8
- Dancing Shoes by Noel Streatfield*
- Mambo Peligroso by Patricia Chao
- My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray
- The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
- The Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun
- A Really Nice Prom Mess by Brian Sloan
- Shiva’s Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples
- Sticks and Stones by Beth Goobie
- Ballet and Modern Dance by Susan Au
- Legends of American Dance and Choreography by Carin Ford
- Martha Graham: A Dancer’s Life by Russell Freedman
- Ballet School: What it Takes to Make a Dancer by Camilla Jessel
- Dancing: the Pleasure, Power and Art of Movement by Gerald Jonas
- Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
- Seventh Grade Tango by Elizabeth Levy
Grades 9-12
- Ambitious by Monica McKayhan
- Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe
- Bunheads: A Novel by Sophie Flack
- Leap by Jodi Lundgren
- Someday Dancer by Sarah Rubin
- Various Positions by Martha Schabas
- The Truth-Teller’s Tale by Sharon Shinn
- Mambo Peligroso by Patricia Chao
- My Mama had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray
- The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
- A Really Nice Prom Mess by Brian Sloan
- Tunes For Bears To Dance To by Robert Cormier
- When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe
- Chancers by Gerald Robert Vizenor
- A Club in Montmartre: An Encounter with Henri Toulouse-Lautrec by Michael D. Resnick
- Smoke Dancing by Eric Gansworth
- The Intimate Act of Choreography by Lynne Anne Blom and L. Tarin Chaplin
- A Primer for Choreographers by Lois Ellfeldt
- Balanchine by Bernard Taper
- Martha Graham: A Dancer’s Life by Russell Freedman
- Martha Graham, the Early Years by Merle Armitage
- The Art of Making Dance by Doris Humphrey, Barbara Pollack and Tjaart Schillhorn Van Veen
- Dance Composition by Jacqueline Smith
- Jose Limon: An Unfinished Memoir by Jose Limon
- Revelation: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Ailey and A. Peter Bailey
- Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance by Eric Franklin
- The Body Can Speak: Essays on Creative Movement Education… by Annelise Mertz
- Speaking of Dance: Twelve Contemporary Choreographers on their Craft by Joyce Morgenroth
* These books are part of the Indianapolis Public Library’s e-book collection. They can be downloaded to your Kindle, I-Pad, Nook, etc. by using this link