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Ballet Besties: Yara's Chance to Dance

Chitra Soundar author Yasmine Naghdi author Paula Franco illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Templar Publishing

Published:14th Mar '24

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Pirouette your way into the Shimmer & Shine dance studio, where the ballet besties are ready to put on a show!

Pirouette your way into the Shimmer & Shine dance studio, where the ballet besties are ready to put on a show!

'This bubbly, inclusive story, filled with meticulous detail, will be a winner for 7+ dance fanatics' - Guardian

Pirouette your way into the Shimmer & Shine dance studio,
where the ballet besties are ready to put on a show!

When Yara joins Shimmer & Shine, a community dance school, she meets lots of other children her age, who are there to either start their training or just for the fun of it. Soon she has a group of ballet besties she loves to dance with.

But then Dame Clougston-Wilmott, their grumpy, dance-hating landlady, threatens to close the studio. Suddenly it's up to Yara and her new friends to keep Shimmer & Shine open!

Will putting on a performance of The Sleeping Beauty reawaken the Dame's love for dance? Will Yara have the chance to dance her dream role of Aurora? And most importantly of all, can the ballet besties save their studio?

A fun, inclusive and accessible series that will bring the joy of dance to young readers!

This bubbly, inclusive story, filled with meticulous detail, will be a winner for 7+ dance fanatics. * Guardian *
It's a well paced read, with plucky Yara hatching a bold plan to save the studio, and her dreams! * Ballet News *
Sweet collaboration * Saturday Times *
An inclusive heartwarming chapter book [...] sure to appeal to ballet enthusiasts * BookTrust 'Book of the Day' *
It teaches you about the importance of school work and balancing things [...] an exciting read * Reading Rocks Book Club *

ISBN: 9781800785830

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm

Weight: 159g

224 pages