Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild is a book that I loved growing up and still enjoy. It is the story of Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil, orphans adopted and sent to England by a travelling collector of fossils and raised by his niece Sylvia. When money runs low they are sent to a ballet and theatre school as a way of gaining skills to make a living. The girls swear an oath to try and get their surname (‘Fossil’) into the history books because it is their own and nobody can say it was because of their grandfathers! A great book for girls in primary school.