My First Ballet Class
By (Author) Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Photographs by Leyah Jensen
Simon & Schuster
Simon Spotlight
28th October 2025
United States
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Sports and outdoor recreation
792.8
Paperback
32
Width 203mm, Height 203mm, Spine 2mm
Kids can learn all about what its like at ballet class in this photographic 8x8 storybook with sweet text by Biscuit creator Alyssa Satin Capucilli!
Its the first day of ballet class. What will it be like Ballerinas wear ballet slippers, learn different foot positions, and twirl across the dance floor. Young readers will love seeing kids their age practicing ballet, learning words like sashay, and more in this adorable introduction!
Includes a special section of step-by-step instructions for basic ballet movesto be done with a parent or guardians supervision.
Alyssa Satin Capucilli is the award-winning creator and author of the Katy Duck series and the bestselling Biscuit series, which has sold over twenty-fourmillion copies. A dancer as well as a writer, she lives with her family in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
Leyah Jensenstudied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design, but her journey in photography began much earlier. As a toddler of a professional photographer, she was often staged in tutus or with a finger in the nose. Growing older, she helped lug equipment to places like Tijuana, where her father was basing a childrens book. Then in her teens she completed several photojournalism assignments abroad of her own, through childrens organizations such as Compassion and other orphan relief agencies. Her own experiences as a child model have taught her that you cant capture the magic of childhood unless the subjects are free to truly be themselves.