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Ballet Shoes

By: Noel Streatfeild
Narrated by: Janet Streatfeild
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Penguin presents the audio download edition of Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild, read by Janet Streatfeild.

'I wonder . . . if other girls had to be one of us, which of us they'd choose to be?'

Pauline longs to be an actress.

Petrova is happiest playing with cars and engines.

And if she could . . . Posy would dance all day!

But when their benefactor Great-Uncle Matthew disappears, the Fossil girls share a future of a dazzling life on stage, where their dreams and fears will soon come true . . .

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A masterpiece
'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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This is the best audible book I’ve ever listened too 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 if you are a girl you would love it ,it is based on any age

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I enjoyed it immensely, I read it when I was a child, its a lovely story

I liked the narrator's voice

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I just enjoyed the book in general It had a few sad parts but overall it was absolutely amazing.

Really engaging

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It’s a mistake to get a family member to read this lovely book, rather than a professional actor or narrator.

Great story, badly narrated

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I loved this book and found it particularly enjoyable because of the narration which, for me, exactly matched the author's style.

I am a native Londoner myself, albeit not as posh as the children in the story. This narrator captured the London humour so well - 'Nanny' sounded exactly like my grandmother (who was known always as Nana' in the Cockney style) - she was, of course, a relative nas opposed to a servant.

This story includes orphaned children, ballet, an eccentric type of school and a happy ending. The story is of its time but no worse for that - I listened with my three nieces who accepted it as a historical novel, and we had some interesting discussions on subjects arising such as courage, gender equality, what happens when we get too big-headed and what constitutes a real family.

Lovely.

Top Marks From Our Family

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