Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
37 Total Resources 6 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
Year Published 2019
Word Count 880
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1260L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 504357
- Subject Headings
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Picture books
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Carreño, Teresa, 1853-1917--Juvenile literature
- Pianists
- Women pianisists
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic/Latino
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Juvenile literature
- Carreano, Teresa
- Pianists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
Our Original Resources 8
Meet-the-Author Recording with Rafael López about Dancing Hands
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Dancing Hands
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Rafael López
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Rafael López “Stirring the Pot of Color: Illustrating Picture Books”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Teaching Tips from Latinxs in Kid Lit
Created by Latinxs in Kid Lit

Teaching Ieas from Classroom Bookshelf
Created by Classroom Bookshelf

Curriculum Guide from Simon & Schuster
Created by Simon & Schuster
Book Readings 2
Complete Video Reading narrated by Belkis Hernandez
Created by Children's Museum Houston

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Almarie Guerra
Created by Dreamscape Media
Awards & Distinctions 6

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Biography Selection, 2020

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2020
Illustrator Winner, 2020

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2020

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2020
Second Place Winner, 2020

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Illustrator Winner, 2020
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