Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild
Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild
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Ballet Shoes

Author: Noel Streatfeild

Narrator: Elizabeth Sastre

Unabridged: 6 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/23/2004

Synopsis

Three adopted sisters. One pair of pink slippers. A lifetime in the spotlight. Lace up your dancing shoes and step into Noel Streatfeild's classic shoes series that has captivated generations!

Pauline, Petrova, and Posy love their busy life in London. The three talented girls have been raised as sisters. And when they learn their new family needs money, they make a pact to do what they can to help. That starts by enrolling in the Children's Academy of Dancing and Training.

For Posy, ballet comes as natural as breathing. But as she rises in the dance world, the stakes get higher too. Pauline loves acting. But if she can't learn to share the stage, she might miss her big break. As for Petrova, she has never felt comfortable in the spotlight. Can she find her place to shine? It will take grit, heart, and a leap of faith for the Fossil sisters to find where they belong.

Discover Noel Streatfeild's timeless classic about the courage it takes to follow your dream, the fierce love of family, and the unbreakable bond of sisters.

About The Author

Noel Streatfeild was born in Sussex in 1895 and was one of three sisters. Although she was considered the plain one she ended up leading the most glamorous and exciting life! After working in munitions factories and canteens for the armed forces when WWI broke out, Noel followed her dream of being on stage and went to RADA where she became a professional actress. She began writing children's books in 1931 and Ballet Shoes was published in 1936. She quickly became one of the most popular authors of her day. When she visited Puffin exhibitions, there were queues right out of the building and all the way down The Mall. She was one of the first winners of the Carnegie Medal and was awarded an OBE in 1983. Noel Streatfeild lived in London. She died in 1986.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carre on January 18, 2012

Remember the scene in "You've Got Mail" where Colleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) is sitting in the children's section of the newly-opened Foxx Books, and a customer comes in looking for the "Shoes" books by Noel Streatfield? The clerk has clearly never heard of them, but Colleen has, and she tells the custome......more

Goodreads review by Kressel on January 15, 2015

The story of Pauline, Petrova, and Posy will be in my heart for life, even though I must confess that was introduced to these charming and unforgettable characters from the 1975 British television version. That kind of ruined me for the book; all I'd do was nosh through my favorite scenes. Only when......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on June 29, 2013

Thank you, Kathleen Kelly, for alerting me to the existence of this book. This was really cute and heartwarming. And I think it's probably time I watch You've Got Mail again.......more

Goodreads review by Lady Clementina on May 01, 2019

Professor Mathew Brown or Great Uncle Mathew or Gum, lives with his niece Sylvia and her nurse Nana, and from time to time takes off on expeditions from where he brings back fossils, adding to a huge collection which has to be thinned down from time to time. One day he decides to travel by sea rathe......more

Goodreads review by Calilibrarian on February 24, 2008

I had two career goals as a little girl--I would be a ballerina...or a librarian, heh. Well I started ballet at three and continued through college, but alas never made it to the big stage. I am a librarian though so go figure. I loved these books so much as a child. All of her series that I read I s......more

Quotes

A masterpiece—Telegraph

'Ballet Shoes is one of my all-time favourite children's books - and you don't have to be a ballet fan to enjoy it.' - Dame Jacqueline Wilson—

Awards

  • Library of Congress Children's Books of the Year
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