When Stacey Green started dancing in 1979, she remembers feeling like "the only one in the room". The 50-year-old from Forest ...

And some of the themes within the book have been brought into the foreground for the 21st century. Streatfield’s Ballet Shoes included a lesbian character, for example. She has a female companion, ...

But Why – A show for curious kids. Why do ballerinas wear ballet shoes? 4/6/2024 | 2m 18s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Why do ballerinas wear ballet shoes? Asks Harper from Raleigh, NC ...

Shoes; Why children should not wear heels, ballet pumps and even flip flops Millions of children are at risk of damaging their feet in ill fitting or unsuitable but fashionable shoes, expert have ...

Ballet Shoes The classic children’s novel ‘Ballet Shoes’ by Noel Streatfield is 75 years old. Author Adele Geras and Jane Haworth of the English National Ballet discuss.

Presented by Jenni Murray. Celebrating 75 years of the children's classic 'Ballet Shoes'.

Noel Streatfeild’s much-loved children’s novel Ballet Shoes was first published in 1936 and has never been out of print since, such is its popularity. It has twice been adapted for the small ...

Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK Children's, has acquired the first children's fiction title from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and West End actress Carrie Hope Fletcher. World Rights ...

I reread Ballet Shoes a lot at that time and it absolutely saw me through." Compounding the family's grief, her younger brother David died in 1985. "He had Down's syndrome.

Melanie Hamrick has hung up her ballet shoes, but she’s not standing still. Between raising her son with Mick Jagger and choreographing a Rolling Stones ballet, she’s written two racy novels. In ...