Shirley A. Franklin

As always I'll begin by saying that this book was a giveaway from Goodreads. Simply put, they'll send you a free book in exchange for a candid review and so that candid review follows.

This little offering is really more of a pamphlet than a book. At 49 pages it's a trivially short trip. The subject matter is elevating enough: uniting those with differing backgrounds through dance. Anything that gets people to connect in today's far too disconnected world is great as far as I'm concerned. The author gets lots of points for having a good topic.

Unfortunately, the editing and writing of this book is severely lacking. I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt and say that it must be intended for young children but even if that's the case the grammar is very poor. The author is prone to an occasionally colorful turn of phrase but it's by far the exception rather than the rule.

To summarize, a great topic but very poorly written. Perhaps some nice solid editing is in order. There's a story to be told here for certain but it needs to be drawn out in greater detail and with greater skill to be truly effective or inspiring.… (meer)