Misty Copeland Celebrates Ballet’s Beautiful Friendships In ‘Bunheads’

Misty Copeland based the characters in Bunheads on the ballet friends she grew up with.

Copeland hopes her book will help young dancers feel comfortable in the studio and on the stage. She says illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey channeled “superhero energy” into dancers leaping off the page.

(Image credit: Setor Fiadzigbey/G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)

Copeland hopes her book will help young dancers feel comfortable in the studio and on the stage. She says illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey channeled “superhero energy” into dancers leaping off the page.