I heard of these books from...you guessed it, "You've got mail." I was browsing in the library several weeks ago and happened to see these books. I really liked the story and enjoyed reading them. They are a nice easy read.

The best of the 3 "Shoes" books that I've read. Ballet Shoes and Theater Shoes both divided the reader's attention among three protagonists. By focusing on just one main character (Rachel), Dancing Shoes allowed me to really get to know her and become attached.

I grabbed this book because of the 'You've Got Mail' movie reference to this series. Honestly, I'm disappointed! I don't have much to say for or against it, I just don't get why its so loved.

Cute, but not as good as Ballet Shoes.

i loved these books as a little girl and this one stood the test of time yesterday. nuanced complex characters - talent doesn't equal ambition, beauty doesn't equal kindness, loyalty is earned, characters are flawed but lovable. plus they are realistically 10 and they realistically age. they have complex thoughts and feelings and are eager to express themselves but frequently do so poorly.

without plot details, these are great reads for girls who are looking for role models that love performance but aren't cookie cutter and pre-date popstars.

if you can't tell, i love this book - and the shoe books in general.

The anxieties and strangeness of Cold War Australia make Ursula Dubosarsky's The Red Shoe (ages 11+) a considerably more intense, suspenseful kind of period piece, one that lives on in the mind long after it's finished...In lucid, poetic prose Dubosarsky explores the deep feeling and acute but partial .

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Reread because I watched you’ve got mail and it reminded me how much I love these books. You just feel so much for Rachel! (She’s totally an enneagram one and Hilary is a seven haha)

Apart from a few of Streatfeild's books for very young children, this was the only children's book of hers I had never managed to get my hands on. I was thrilled to finally find it and while it probably wasn't worth the long wait, it was sweet. Characters were mostly one-dimensional, very stereotypical, and the ending predictable. Streatfeild also used character names from previous books - Rachel, Hilary, and Cora - which I found a little odd. Not a patch on her earlier titles but still good overall.

This 1957 follow-up to the WWII "Ballet Shoes" and "Theatre Shoes" features two new plucky little girl characters once again thrown into a new living situation with mostly their own wits and one or two kind adults to guide them. This one had a "deus ex machina" ending, but hey...I bought it!

My mom forced me to read, but then got sucked in like a black hole. Never put it down until my mom (who recommended it) has to wrench it out of my hands.

I have always loved Noel Streatfeild's books and as a child I got my library to ILL them for me or hunted through second hand book stores to find all of them. She tells the perfect "girls stories". I was always able to find one character in each book that was my favorite. They definitely stand up to re-reads.

When Rachel and Hilary become orphans, they're taken in by their Aunt who forces them to join her Wintle's Little Wonders dance troupe.

I remember loving 'Ballet Shoes' when I read it as a child and would have enjoyed this one then as well. As an adult read, it's still pretty good. Rachel is serious and hates dancing while Hilary is a talented dancer but doesn't like to work at it. It's a good story of taking care of each other though Rachel has to learn to put away her mother's dream of Hilary being a professional ballet dancer.

This was a joint read with my 90-year-old mom who didn't really like the book. She thought it was a bit boring and was glad to finish it.