A review by rosekk
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

3.0

I have no great love for the quaint style children's books of this era always seem to have. On the other hand, I think this book executed it better than most. In spite of having many of the hallmarks common to children's fiction which I don't get one with (a fairly saccharine depiction of events, jolly characters who are nice to the point of straining suspension of disbelief e.t.c.) the book was enjoyable. The detail given to their lives, the distinct (if slightly overdone) personalities of the characters, the fairly fast pace of events made it a decent read even though it wouldn't normally be my kind of book.