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Another big favorite from my childhood. Posy wants to be a ballet dancer, but she and her two sisters, also orphans, must help out to earn a living and keep the family going. They live in England post WWI (I think). Pauline becomes an actress and Petrova (they all have the last name because their adopted father is a fossil hunter) dances in patomines. Meanwhile Posy is the baby of the family and a frustrated genius. It is a sweet tale, one of many "Shoes" books by Stretfield.
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Who is your favorite Fossil? Mine is Pauline, the eldest sister.
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Mar 23, 2009
Esther
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Although my mother was the ballet fan this was a book I read with my grandmother. We read it together several times and then I read it at least a dozen more times on my own. Later my daughter read it as well.
I loved the story but it never made me want to be a ballet dancer.
I loved the story but it never made me want to be a ballet dancer.
It's always a risky thing, reading a book that you're too old for and that you didn't grow up with. Nostalgia hides many faults, and reading aloud makes any book charming that's enjoyed by the person read to, but not many children's books stand the test of being read by an adult, to an adult.
I'd say "Ballet Shoes" passed that test though. It's definitely the best Streatfeild book I've read so far, and while it's not a book I expect to reread myself, I'll definitely keep it for any girls I may ha ...more
I'd say "Ballet Shoes" passed that test though. It's definitely the best Streatfeild book I've read so far, and while it's not a book I expect to reread myself, I'll definitely keep it for any girls I may ha ...more
Ridiculously sweet and adorable. I would have eaten this book up when I was 10 or 11 and loved books about orphans.
I loved this book as a child, loved the pluckiness of the three sisters and their eccentric family, loved the inside view of the conservatory, loved that the girls each found their strengths, yet even the ones not cut out to be dancers got something positive from dancing.
I love the cheeky Ballet Shoes even more than Skating Shoes. Each of the three girls is unique but fully developed, and the dynamics among them and between them and the adults of their story are witty and believable.
A cute book, but I liked the 2007 BBC movie better.
Oct 12, 2007
Lisa Vegan
marked it as to-read
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Zack
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Lisa
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Cristella
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