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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
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).
Ballet Shoes was the first children’s book by English author, playwright, and actress Noel Streatfeild (1895-1986). Encouraged by her editor and the success of ballet schools in 1930s London, Streatfeild drew from her own experiences as an actress to write a story about children working on the stage. Where it went next.
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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Oct 10, 2021 · Published in Britain in 1936, the book not only shows three girls pursuing their dreams, it gives readers a unique view of what it meant to be a child performer at the time.
Noel Streatfeild's Writing Shoes. WHEN Ballet Shoes was published in 1936, 50 years ago this year, its popularity was such that Hatchards of Piccadilly rationed their queueing customers to...
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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.
