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Ballet Besties: Indu's Time to Shine

By Chitra Soundar and Yasmine Naghdi
Series: Ballet Besties
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This bubbly, inclusive story, filled with meticulous detail, will be a winner for 7+ dance fanatics - Guardian, on Ballet Besties: Yara's Chance to Dance Pirouette your way into the Shimmer & Shine dance studio, where the ballet besties are ready to put on a show!... Read More
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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!

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This bubbly, inclusive story, filled with meticulous detail, will be a winner for 7+ dance fanatics - Guardian, on Ballet Besties: Yara's Chance to Dance

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

Indu loves learning ballet at Shimmer & Shine, her local community dance school. Unlike her friends, she doesn't want to be a principal dancer when she grows up, and she's a bit scared of being on stage, but it's still one of her favourite hobbies.

Until Miss Diamond announces that this term they'll be putting on a performance of Cinderella! Suddenly everyone's talking about what lead role they want and how fun it will be to dance for an audience, and Indu is feeling nervous and left out.

What role will she audition for? Will her friends understand her worries? And will she ever be able to conquer her stage fright?

A fun, inclusive and accessible series that will bring the joy of dance to young readers aged 6+!

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  • Ballet Besties: Indu's Time to Shine
    Ballet Besties: Indu's Time to Shine
    This bubbly, inclusive story, filled with meticulous detail, will be a winner for 7+ dance fanatics - Guardian, on Ballet Besties: Yara's Chance to Dance Pirouette your way into the Shimmer & Shine dance studio, where the ballet besties are ready to put on a show! Indu loves learning ballet at Shimmer & Shine, her local community dance school. Unlike...
    By Chitra Soundar and Yasmine Naghdi
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  • Ballet Besties: Yara's Chance to Dance
    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...
    By Yasmine Naghdi and Chitra Soundar
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800785854

Publisher: Templar Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 November 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Piccadilly Press

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Paula Franco

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 154g

Pages: 224

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Chitra Soundar Series: Ballet Besties Yasmine Naghdi Young Adult

About the Author

Yasmine Naghdi (Author)
Yasmine Naghdi is a Principal of The Royal Ballet and has been dancing with the Company since 2010. Her many roles with The Royal Ballet include Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Princess Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) and The Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker). She has performed all over the world and is passionate about showing that ballet is for everyone.

Chitra Soundar (Author)
Chitra Soundar is a writer and dreamer of many things. As well as writing books, Chitra is a speaker, oral storyteller and screenwriter. Her stories are inspired by her family, her childhood in India, which was filled with epics and folktales, and her travels around the world. Chitra has performed at literary festivals across the globe, telling stories and introducing the magic of writing to children everywhere.

Paula Franco (Illustrator)
Paula Franco is an illustrator living in Rosario, Argentina. She studied Illustration & Graphic Design at Instituto Superior Comunicación Visual. Her work has been featured in the New York Times Children's Best Seller list and has been awarded a Kirkus Star and a School Library Journal Star.

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