{"id":869,"date":"2025-03-19T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/staging-kat\/?page_id=869"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:38:10","slug":"ribbon-dance-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/ribbon-dance-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon Dance new"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9c22b1e3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:1;min-height:unset;\" class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-aspect-ratio wp-duotone-midnight-filter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2107\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-533 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AMY-WU-AND-THE-RIBBON-DANCE-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C2107\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AMY-WU-AND-THE-RIBBON-DANCE-scaled.jpg?w=2560 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AMY-WU-AND-THE-RIBBON-DANCE-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C247 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AMY-WU-AND-THE-RIBBON-DANCE-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C843 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AMY-WU-AND-THE-RIBBON-DANCE-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C632 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AMY-WU-AND-THE-RIBBON-DANCE-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1264 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AMY-WU-AND-THE-RIBBON-DANCE-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1686 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/2107;\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#f1b99c\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\">When Amy Wu learns about Chinese ribbon dancing, she can\u2019t wait to try it out herself in this charming and brightly illustrated fourth installment in the Amy Wu picture book series.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy Wu loves to move. From wriggling to shimmying to toe-tapping, she just can\u2019t keep still, not when there\u2019s music all around her! So when Amy sees Chinese ribbon dancing for the first time, she has to try it out with her friends. But she just can\u2019t find the right ribbon\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A story from Mom helps lift her spirits. And when she hears her family and friends playing music, she can\u2019t help swaying along. Will Amy be able to ribbon dance without the perfect ribbon?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-54af5b55 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\">Buy your copy of Ribbon Dance!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-c124d1c4 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0BHTLQLB1?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_3&amp;storeType=ebooks\">Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/amy-wu-and-the-ribbon-dance\/18902603?ean=9781665916721&amp;next=t\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/amy-wu-and-the-ribbon-dance\/18902603?ean=9781665916721&amp;next=t\">Bookshop.org<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booksamillion.com\/p\/Amy-Wu-Ribbon-Dance\/Kat-Zhang\/9781665916721\">BAM!<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Amy-Wu-and-the-Ribbon-Dance\/Kat-Zhang\/Amy-Wu\/9781665916721\">Simon &amp; Schuster<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fa584acd wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;Amy Wu is at it again! This time she is dancing across the pages of the book and into our hearts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right has-xx-large-font-size\">&#8211; Youth Services Book Review<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fa584acd wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;This fourth entry is just as bouncy and buoyant as previous series installments. Full of movement, Chua\u2019s vignettes evoke the energy and celebration of dance and music in Zhang\u2019s rhythmic prose. 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