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- Author Noel Streatfeild First published 1936 Publisher JM Dent & Sons, London, UK
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Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage is a children's novel by Noel Streatfeild, published by Dent in 1936. Her first book for children, it was illustrated by the author's sister, Ruth Gervis .
- Noël Streatfeild
- 1936
Early in 1936, Mabel Carey, children's editor of J. M. Dent and Sons, asks Noel to write a children's story about the theatre, which led to Noel completing Ballet Shoes in mid-1936. In 28 September 1936, when Ballet Shoes was published, it became an immediate best seller.
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Aug 12, 2018 · Ballet Shoes, which opens in 1920, is the story of three foundlings, Pauline, Petrova and Posy, adopted as babies by the eccentric fossil-hunter, Professor Matthew Brown, known as Great-Uncle Matthew (Gum for short).
Oct 10, 2021 · Streatfeild effortlessly weaves in these period-specific cultural details and circumstances, speaking with authority. And well she might. Streatfeild herself was a trained performer and acted for...
After several adult novels, Ballet Shoes, her first book for children (written at the age of 42), was an instant success, swiftly followed the next year by the popular Tennis Shoes.
Ballet Shoes tells the story of three adopted orphans – Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil. Brought to 1930s London as babies by an eccentric explorer (Great Uncle Matthew, otherwise known as Gum), the girls have a comfortable life until the family begin to run out of money.
Nov 25, 2010 · Her best-loved novel, BALLET SHOES, was published in 1936. When World War II broke out, she worked in canteens for the armed forces and for those injured by bombs. She wrote over 80 books in...
