World Ballet Day – eight books that bring ballet to life

It’s not difficult to find sport featuring in children’s books these days, but did you know that there’s an entire genre dedicated to ballet? In celebration of World Ballet Day, here are some of our top picks

Lace up your pointe shoes and dust off your leotard – it’s World Ballet Day! Sport is a pretty well-loved theme in many children’s books, and you often find entire novels dedicated to football, running, and the like. But did you know that there are a fair few books with ballet at their heart? To celebrate the day in honour of plies and arabesques, Ciara Murphy discusses some of the best books about ballet.

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