The perfect book for girls of eight upwards. Gorgeous new jacketed hardback - an ideal gift. This edition retains the classic illustrations by Ruth Gervis. A wonderful story of family, friendship and growing up. This is a life-affirming book to be treasured! The 'Harry Potter' of its day - people queued for hours when the book first came out. Demand was so high that it was rationed to one customer per copy!
Noel Streatfeild (1895-1986) was born in Amberley, Sussex. Her father was Bishop of Lewes and her great-grandmother was the prison reformer, Elizabeth Fry. She was a mischievous child, often in trouble at home. While growing up, she and her sisters put on plays for parish causes and, after making munitions during World War I, she trained as an actress. Noel Streatfeild started by writing books for adults. Then in 1931 she published her first children's book. Her best-loved novel, BALLET SHOES, was published in 1936. When World War II broke out, she worked in canteens for the armed forces and for those injured by bombs. She wrote over 80 books in her lifetime and lived in London till her death.
A masterpiece
*The 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*
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