Las Zapatillas de Ballet / Ballet Shoes (Hardcover)

from kscarlett01

This is a story about three young sisters who are orphaned. The three sisters enter three different paths based on their interests in order to make a name for themselves. This is a great family story for older children.

from AbigailAdams26

Originally published in 1936, this first "Shoes" book by acclaimed British children's author Noel Streafeild - the "Shoes" books are less of a series than a collection of wonderful children's novels, some related, some not, many of which were not "shoes" books at all, in their original British fo...

from lycomayflower

I didn't know about the "Shoe Books" when I was a kid; the first I ever heard of them was when Kathleen Kelley overheard a customer asking a dim-witted children's section employee of Fox Books for one in You've Got Mail and then gave a thirty-second blurb on them that proves the movie's point abo...

from ashleytylerjohn

Unexpectedly terrific, which shows I'm bad at predicting what I'll like, sometimes. Ugh, I thought, some backstager about girls trying to make it in show business ... except that I love backstagers about girls trying to make it in show business. It's like grapes. I don't think I like grapes, but ...

from stuzle

Why did I love this book so much as a child? I have no interest in ballet dancing, and that is mostly what it's about. I think the genius of Streatfeild is in the details. She REALLY explains exactly what taking ballet classes consists of---down to where you change into your clothes, what the tea...