Delphie and the Masked Ball

Magic Ballerina #3

by Darcey Bussell

Prima Ballerina Darcey Bussell takes you on a captivating journey to a faraway land of ballet and magic, the wonderful world of Enchantia! The third of sparkly new series for all young girls who dream of being a ballerina, or simply love to dance! Delphie is really excited about the end of term show, it's her chance to shine! But when her friends in Enchantia need her help she finds herself whisked away to a magical Masked Ball…

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens

96 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2008

About the author

Darcey Andrea Bussell CBE is an English dancer and former prima ballerina of The Royal Ballet, a major international ballet company based in London, England. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest English ballerinas of all time.

Reviews

[Rachel]

My favorite one so far. Love the swans, the ball and the ending.

[Ellie Bbln]

Plot 5
Enjoyment 7
Artistry 5
Characters 8
Heart 7
Re-readability 9
Setting 10
Character development 6


3 stars rounded down

I loved this series as a child and now as an adult I can see why. Of course it’s a children’s book so I’m not too hard on it, I just wanted to revisit my childhood to be honest. As a ballerina, I approve it🥰

[Doma]

,, Delfina cieszy się, bo już niedługo wystąpi w szkolnym przedstawieniu. To doskonała okazja, żeby ślicznie zatańczyć i zabłysnąć przed widzami! Na razie jednak jest potrzebna mieszkańcom Krainy Czarów. Czy dziewczynka zdoła dotrzeć tam na czas i uratować uczestników balu maskowego?"
Bardzo ciekawa książka.

[Joanna Przybyla]

Very nice book for young girls. We just finished reading it with my 8yo daughter, she's learning how to read and book contains few more sofisticated words we had to translate to enrich our vocabulary. The scene's are full of magic and plot touches imagination even with the scents and smells described in the story. My child liked it very much.

[Jaya]

2.75

This book was just an easy fly through for Zoe's readathon (gratitude edition). It took me 30 minutes to read. The story is quite basic but it was written quite well. Thankfully my taste has changed since I was 6. :)

[Joud {mh hiatus}]

I like this book because I like ballerinas and I want to be a ballerina one day.
The best part is when Delphie went to the magical land of the ballerinas and helped them have a nice party without anyone ruining it.

[Sarah]

Pretty standard fare for this type of book. Well written, not too moralistic, fun adventure, vaguely educational. I enjoyed it as a five minute read and it wouldn’t be a hardship to read to a child.

[♀ ☾ ✧ the dragon queen ✧ ☾ ♀]

hi this is 2019 15 year old me who remembers that 6 year old me loved this book so,,,,,yeet

(i'm going to repeat this statement for literally every book i add to my children's literature shelf okay)

[Wiktoria]

3,5

[Marit Elke]

my childhood favourtie book!!!

[zuzanna]

Nadal nie ma Cardana, ale jestem prawie pewnx, że pojawi się w dalszych częściach

[Gabaa222]

To był chyba 20 reread, ale throwbacków do dzieciństwa nigdy za wiele XDD


Edit: właśnie sobie uświadomiłam, że przeczytałam to w dzień dziecka🧚🏻‍♀️

[Maria Carmo]

Books to read with Grand Daughters.

[Miri]

j'ai oublié que le mot pour baguette magique est baguette magique lmfao

[Nad Hrnkem Kafe]

Kniha pro děti od 6 let.

Pokračování příběhu Ely, která se dostala na baletní školu a skrze kouzelné baletní špičky se dostává do Země kouzel, kde ožívají balety. Kniha řeší i nedorozumění v životě a dávání druhých šancí.

Příběh dceru (5) bavil. Zajímala se o děj a to, je v jejím věku hlavní.

[Luna]

Another sweet edition, where Delphie must turn all the humans of Enchantia back to their natural form after they get turned into animals. We also finally get a look at another ballet aside from The Nutcracker. The swans from Swan Lake make an appearance and help save the day.

Oh, shush, stop judging me. I'm allowed to read children's books, aren't I?

[Abby]

yehp :)