Beloved by all little girls, ballet stories enchant and open a world of magic. This collection of eight favourite ballet stories is filled with that magic and promise. The stories and sparkling illustrations will delight for years.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 72 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2014 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Margaret Greaves is the author of Stories from the Ballet and Tattercoats . Jane Pinkney has illustrated such picture books as Cut from the Same Cloth and Undersea Animals . They also collaborated on The Mice of Nibbling Village . Lisa Kopper was born in the US and moved to Britain after completing her studies at the University of Carnegie-Melon, Pennsylvania. She started to illustrate books in 1979 and is probably best-known for her collaboration with Hugh Lewin on the JAFTA books. She works with children of all ages, talking about book illustration and drawing, and with adults on the Third World and multi-cultural illustration.