Ballet Slippers #1

Dance with Rosie

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Rosie tries to make up with her former best friend and get into ballet class after the sign-up deadline

80 pages, Paperback

First published October 1,1996

This edition

Format
80 pages, Paperback
Published
October 1, 1997 by Puffin
ISBN
9780140385595
ASIN
0140385592
Language
English

About the author

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Patricia Reilly Giff was the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Several of her novels for older readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. They include The Gift of the Pirate Queen; All the Way Home; Water Street; Nory Ryan's Song, a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction; and the Newbery Honor Books Lily's Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods. Lily's Crossing was also chosen as a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.

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April 26,2025
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The first book in Patricia Reilly Giff's Ballet Slippers series introduces the young girl Rosie who wants to be a ballerina just like her grandmother. However, her dream isn't easily obtained, especially after she misses the deadline for ballet class sign-ups! Her woes don't stop there. Her best friend is no longer speaking with her and she's can't figure out why. Will Rosie patch up her friendship and learn to dance as she desperately wants to? A chapter book for transitional readers.
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