Ballet Shoes for Anna (Collins Modern Classics) |
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Noel Streatfeild
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Pages: 240 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0006753981
Pub: Collins
Pub date: 1998-11-02
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 159824
Reader Reviews:
A good ballet story, but "Ballet Shoes" is better (3/3 people found this helpful)
'Ballet Shoes for Anna' was 1st published in 1972, a long time after Noel Streatfeild's earlier 'Ballet Shoes', in 1936... but I don't think it's survived quite as well & I find reading 'Ballet Shoes for Anna' that it seems to have dated quite a bit more than the timeless 'Ballet Shoes'.
That said, it's still a good ballet story, with appeal in the sibling characters, Anna (the youngest), Gussie (the tearaway!), and the eldest, Francesco. These three suddenly find themselves all alone after an earthquake in the village where their grandparents live in Turkey... but at least they have each other. All three children know that it's important Anna learns to dance, and learns properly from a really good teacher, but their uncle doesn't belive in dancing and the three have to find a way to get Anna her dancing lessons, with very little money.
A good ballet story but in the shadow of some of the authors' other books. If you haven't read the more famous 'Ballet Shoes' yet, then do - it's a classic & one of my favourite of Noel Streatfeild's novels.
Excellent - you feel like you're there, living it yourself (7/7 people found this helpful)
This book is wonderful. While reading it I was unable to put it down - I was completely caught up with it, just as I am with every other book by Noel Streatfeild.
The way Anna's hopes and dreams never die, despite all she goes through - the earthquake and losing her family, shows what a strong character she really is!
This is a great book, and anyone who loves dancing and Noel Streatfeild books is sure to enjoy it!...
Totally Cool (2/4 people found this helpful)
I really love this book, and any others by the same author, It's a definite classic, and I hate Ballet, i still found it really good though!
Tamara
A delightful book, sure to enchant any ballet mad child. (8/8 people found this helpful)
Ballet Shoes for Anna is a delightful book, sure to enchant any ballet mad little girl, and many other children and adults too.
Like most Streatfeild novels, and like all the best children's books, the plot only just falls outside common events and every day happenings, and strikes a happy balance between excitement and plausability. The characters are beautifully and convincinly drawn. The main characters, the three Docksay children, brought up in a bohemian lifetsyle, have interesting and different personailities ; yet the reader never feels they are improbably exceptional children, leaving aside, of course, Anna's dancing gift. Other characters such as Anna's English dancing teacher, or Wally, the children's friend and his parents, or The Uncle ialso make for amusing or touching reading.
Ballet Shoes for Anna, more than the other 'shoes' books perhaps (children who enjoy this one will almost certainly love reading the more famous Ballet Shoes, or White Boots or Dancing Shoes) is something of a social study. It is a loving and essentially accurate of life in suburban Britain in the early seventies. Read Ballet Shoes for Anna and discover how the Docskay children ultimately found happiness there.
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