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Ballet Shoes

By: Noel Streatfeild
Narrated by: Janet Streatfeild
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About this listen

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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Critic reviews

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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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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I just loved it so much it. Also especially the faster got home. It was a lovely ending.
It is an amazing I really enjoyed it.

Mainly alll of it

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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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