And I’ve spent a large part of the past week immersed in these stories of dance, family and dreams. I loved it so much I raced down to Borders to buy Skating Shoes (which is, fortunately, no longer out of print). Then, recently, I found a vintage edition of Theater Shoes on Etsy, and started reading it the day after it came in the mail. I found a copy of Dancing Shoes, under its original title of Wintle’s Wonders, for $1 at Brattle last fall, but had somehow never got around to reading it. (Then I saw the BBC film adaptation with Emma Watson, and loved it too.) Mary Noel Streatfeild, known as Noel Streatfeild, was an author best known and loved for her childrens books, including Ballet Shoes and Circus Shoes. It was several years before I picked up a used copy of Ballet Shoes in Oxford, and of course I loved it. I’d never heard of Streatfeild or the Shoe Books before I saw You’ve Got Mail (and watched poor Kathleen Kelly struggle to control her tears as she helped a bookseller at Fox Books find the right book for a customer). Although Skating Shoes is completely wonderful-but it’s out of print. They vow to make a name for themselves, but Petrova prefers planes. I’d start with Ballet Shoes first it’s my favorite. Three adopted sisters attend an acting & dancing school. Noel Streatfeild wrote Ballet Shoes and Skating Shoes and Theatre Shoes and Dancing Shoes.
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