Ballet Shoes (novel)

Ballet Shoes
First edition
AuthorNoel Streatfeild
IllustratorRuth Gervis
LanguageEnglish
SeriesBallet
SubjectThree Children on Stage
GenreChildren's novel, Theatre-fiction
PublisherJ. M. Dent & Sons
Publication date
1936
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages303 pp (first edition)
OCLC222639171
LC ClassPZ7.S914 Bal[1]
Followed byTennis Shoes 

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.[2]

Ballet Shoes was a runner up for the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best British children's book by a British subject.[3][a] (Streatfeild won the award later for The Circus Is Coming.[4][b])

  1. ^ Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage (first edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild: pencil illustrations by Ruth Gervis". British Library. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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