Ballet Shoes
Noel Streatfeild
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Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are sisters – with a difference. All three were adopted as babies by Great Uncle Matthew, an eccentric and rich explorer who then disappeared, leaving them in the care of his niece Sylvia. The girls grow up in comfort until their money begins to run out and nobody can find Great Uncle Matthew.
Reviews
I liked posy the best
Principal Cynthia Starlight 17.07.2026
The story of ballet shoes starts with a man called Mathew.Everyone calls him Great Unkle Mathew or just G.U.M.He was a fossil hunter but his great niece,Silvia and her old Nana wanted his last expeditions to end.On his last ones he brought back three orphans the oldest was Pauline who was rescued from a shipwreck then came Petrova whose parents died in Russia and the youngest was posy whos parents were ballerinas and was delivered home with a pair of ballet shoes.All as they grew older atended a dance school as they were very poor and could earn money at the age of twelve. When Pauline was fifteen she was asked to be a film star in hollywood,Petrova wasn't into dancing so she went with G.U.M to study motor cars and planes so Posie the youngest went to train with the greatest ballet dancer in the world who trained in slovakia
General Bunny Custard 02.01.2026
I liked Pauline best because she was the most sensible and she was a actress and I like acting.It was a really good book even though it was a little bit old fashioned.
Lady Honeycomb Pipistrel 29.11.2025
i think this book has a great setup and i do think it was fiction and i like Pauline best because she is kind and is a great friend to everyone i would recommend this book to people who like books about family's in a spot of bother
Nurse Letizia Pipistrel 16.07.2025
love the book
Principal Heroica Banana 06.07.2025
It was nice
Principal Jet Anteater 04.01.2025
I loved this book because it had the 3 sisters in it and they picked their own name I love it when Posy danced with Madame Fidolia and I even went to the theatre to see this book on the stage with my Nanny last week.
Viscountess Iguana Sofa 02.01.2025
I liked this book because it was really fun and it told the story of family life in the 1920s and 1930s. My favorite character was Pauline as she was kind and friendly, though if I had to choose one of the characters to be one, I would choose Posy as she is fun and kind and very good at ballet. I recommend this book to girls aged 7/8+.
Madam Rapunzel Waltzer 30.08.2024
Star Reviewer
this book was great. my favourite character was pauline because i love theater two and I do ballet two. the morrel of this story is that if you practice and try hard you will sucseed
General Kangaroo Costa-Rica 18.08.2024
Nice nice I also do ballet
Queen Sunny Jamboree 01.08.2024
I liked this because it was all about acting and I really love acting in plays . I liked the bit when it's Christmas and they get watches in Jewlery boxes . My favourite character is Pauline because she dreams of going to Hollywood .
Empress Fandango Banana 03.09.2023
I absolutely love this book and I would definitely recommend it to everyone who wants a new book to read
Queen Kangaroo Armchair 11.08.2023
It was good I liked the fossil sisters
Judge Flossy Tyrannosaurus 01.09.2022
Good
Anonymous 20.08.2022
I liked this book because it’s about ballet which I love to do. My favourite out of the three sisters is Posy because she loves dancing the most out of the sisters and she’s a similar age to me. I would recommend this book to someone who loves ballet.
Anonymous 12.08.2022
I like ballet and I like the sisters .personally I like posy the best because she is so beautiful and I like her name.
Marshal Orchid Vesuvius 10.08.2022
I found this book fantastic, I couldn’t stop reading it. I liked how everything was connected like what wool weaved together. I will recommend this book to everyone. I didn’t give a five star because there wasn’t much ballet in it and the title was ballet shoes so I thought it was a bit of a miss. Still it was a very good book and I enjoyed reading it.
Mademoiselle Pansy Lanzarote 22.07.2022
I liked the characters and the plot
Empress Rose Fascination 11.07.2022
I thought ballet shoes was amazing because I liked how the story was told in an old fashioned way, also I really like ballet as well. My book was fiction so the character I like the best was either Pauline or Posy. Pauline becomes an actress and Posy gets trained by a world class ballet dancer. I would most certainly recommend it to someone else, someone who likes the book told in an old fashioned way but they don't just have to like ballet to read the book. So anyone can read it, I would say.
Anonymous 03.01.2022
Good book if you like classic stories.
Princess Fenella Bungalow 02.10.2021
