Ballet Shoes

Ballet Shoes, by Noel Streatfeild
(Grades 3-6)

The Fossil sisters - Pauline, Petrova and Posy- were adopted by G.U.M. (Great Uncle Matthew) who brought them back on one of his voyages, instead of the fossils he had set out to collect. Although unlike in physical appearance or talent, the three sisters are united in their goal to make a name for themselves, and help out the family in any way they can. When hard-times leads to the girls enrolling in the Academy of Dancing and Stage Training in London for some much needed extra money, a new world opens before them and their quest to fulfill their dreams unfolds.

Reissued many times since 1936, Ballet Shoes is a must read for any child remotely interested in ballet. Wonderfully read on audiobook by Elizabeth Sastre, and newly dramatized for the BBC starring Emma Watson, this story is delightful in all its formats!

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Reviewed by Korie B., Children's Staff