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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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Why have "three_pence!!!!!! ". so irritating and repeatedly! Always pronounced "threpence"!!!! Shame. Still enjoy the story as sounded in my head in the 1940's.

nostalgic and largely enjoyable.....

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Loved this story, nice simple story about 3 girls brought up and trained as dancers and actresses. Lots of different threads and good attention to detail. Narrator was good, sounded right for this book.

Great story

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