Princess Naomi Helps a Unicorn: A Dance-It-Out Creative Movement Story for Young Movers (Dance-It-Out! Movement Stories to Spark Imagination and Foster Self-Expression). Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Princess Naomi Helps a Unicorn: A Dance-It-Out Creative Movement Story for Young Movers (Dance-It-Out! Movement Stories to Spark Imagination and Foster Self-Expression)

Unicorns and Horses and Snakes, oh my!

Mom’s Choice Gold Award Winner • Family Choice Award Recipient

“Cheerful and heartwarming, this movement adventure will inspire creative expression through imagination.”
—Librarian Reviewer

When Princess Naomi gets fed up with her sister and storms out of the castle, she doesn’t expect to find a unicorn in trouble. But helping someone else might be exactly what she needs to turn frustration into courage, compassion, and joy.

A Story You Don’t Just Read—You Dance
Children move, imagine, and explore. With guidance from Ballerina Konora, young readers:
• act out the story
• practice dance fundamentals
• build confidence through movement

“A precious book that instills the importance of kindness, compassion and family in a uniquely fun way…” —Reedsy
Perfect for little movers who love to wiggle, leap, and twirl.

Kids Explore
• chassés, leaps, leg extensions
• stretching and twisting
• ways feelings show up in bodies
• concepts of energy, levels, expansion, contraction, and muscle activation
• body awareness and coordination
(No dance experience needed, just imagination.)

Meaningful Themes, Gently Told
• sibling relationships
• managing big feelings
• empathy and helping others
• forgiveness

Perfect For
• early learning and preschool
• creative movement, pre-ballet, and dance classes
• story time movement breaks for ages 4-8
• homeschool families
• energetic kids or reluctant readers

“...young readers will return to again and again.” —Reedsy

About Once Upon a Dance
Once Upon a Dance inspires joyful movement through stories that celebrate connection, imagination, and grace. With empowering messages and life-management tools, they invite every reader to build confidence and creativity.

40 books across 9 series offer toddler twirls through pre-professional career advice.

Once Upon a Dance is the award-winning collaboration of Teacher Terrel and her daughter, a professional ballerina. With over 60 awards, including Best In Show (Writely Literary Awards), and Top 10 Author of 2025 (Outstanding Creator), they’re dedicated to making movement accessible, meaningful, and part of every childhood. Truly a passion project, 100% of royalties go to charities supporting the arts, animals, people, and planet.

Once Upon a Dance's mission is to provide kids movement, joy, and imagination through stories. Their catalog offers three main series: ¿ Dance-It-Out Creative Movement Stories for Young Movers, for ages 4-7, offers the imagination 'stage' alongside whimsical characters in quirky stories with Ballerina Konora as an optional movement guide. ¿ Dancing Shapes: Ballet and Body Awareness for Young Dancers, for ages 6-9, provides a glimpse into Ballerina Konora's journey, a warm-up, mini-ballet lesson, and an exploration of detail and form. ¿ Ballet Inspiration and Choreography Concepts for Young Dancers, for ages 8+, looks at basic ballet technique, imparts dance wisdom, and discusses performance and choreographic aspects of dance. (debuts 2022)The books are designed by a mother-daughter duo. Mom taught creative movement and ballet for decades and was recognized by her city council for "embodying the spirit of partnership and commitment to children in our community" for her work with young dancers. Daughter is a professional ballerina.