Ballet Shoes For Anna Essential Modern Classics

In this novel by the author of 'Thursday's Child', 'White Boots', 'Apple Bough' and 'The Growing Summer', Anna is forbidden to dance. For Anna, everything takes second place to her desire to dance and she will do anything to become the ballerina she longs to be.

Having lost their parents in an earthquake, Anna and her siblings live with their prim uncle and feeble aunt. Anna lives only to dance – but her uncle forbids her to have anything to do with ballet. How will she survive?

Three best-loved contemporary classics for girls: 'Mary Poppins', 'White Boots' and 'Ballet Shoes for Anna' in a gorgeous slipcased gift set.

Unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes.

Excerpt from Ballet Shoes When they were still quite little, their guardian got poor. Somebody suggested that even children can help when people are poor, and they were sent to the Academy of Dancing and Stage Training. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Discusses all basic principles of ballet, grouping movement by fundamental types. Diagrams show clearly the exact foot, leg, arm, and body positions for the proper execution of many steps and movements. 118 illustrations.