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Theater Shoes | Noel Streatfeild, Noel Steatfeild
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Three orphans are forced to enter a theater school by their grandmother, a famous actress. Unable to pay the tuition, they are given scholarships from the now-grown orphans from "Ballet Shoes." Will they be able to live up to their patrons legacies? The children are ready to run away until they discover their hidden talents. Originally published in 1945."
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ravenlee
Theater Shoes | Noel Streatfeild, Noel Steatfeild
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Finished this with the kiddo! Set during WWII and touching on rationing, evacuations, Channel Island invasions, and a missing naval father, there‘s quite a bit going on. The Forbes kids land with an unknown-to-them but famous-actress grandmother and embark on their new theater training. Kind of an abrupt ending, though.

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mom2bugnbee
Theatre Shoes | Noel Streatfeild
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Will you #Littens allow me another #mombrag moment? I've been quiet on Litsy this week because we've been a busy family. My daughter, Ashleigh, who will be 12 in a few weeks, just got cast as Annie in a very well-respected community theatre's summer production! As you can see, she is spunky, sassy, & full of life and she is over the moon about this opportunity! #proudmom 🎭

BookishMarginalia Woohoo! Congratulations! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y
Robothugs This is so awesome!! Congrats to her & you, proud mama! 7y
SaturnDoo 🎉🎉🎉Congrats!! 7y
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BekahB That's awesome!! 7y
Alfoster Wowie! How cool!👏👏👏👏👏😍 7y
EchoLogical WTG Ashleigh! 👍 7y
TheKidUpstairs Break a leg, Ashleigh! 7y
OrangeMooseReads Congratulations 7y
Louise Awesome, Ashleigh! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🍀 (edited) 7y
Bookladylinda Great job Ashleigh!!! Congrats!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 7y
mom2bugnbee Thank you all, for the kind words! 😍 7y
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Ellen
Theater Shoes | Noel Streatfeild, Noel Steatfeild
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This tale about the Forbes children discovering that they are descended from a famous theatre family and are to be trained for the stage in WWII England is probably the first "theater" book I read. Multiple times. Still have my 1983 edition on my bookshelf. #alltheworldsastage

RealLifeReading At first I thought, ooh a Noel Streatfeild I haven't read yet. Then when I saw the name Forbes I wondered why she would repeat a family name. No wonder! I knew this book as Curtain Up and loved it when I was a kid. 7y
Ellen @RealLifeReading I remember reading somewhere that some of Streatfeild's books were renamed to piggyback on the success of 7y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
Theater Shoes | Noel Streatfeild, Noel Steatfeild
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I love this movie and these books!👠📚😘

bookishkai Great movie and the most wonderful series of books. 7y
Bookworm83 @CaitMobley and I know this movie by heart! ❤️❤️ 7y
LectricSheep The best romantic comedy ever!!! 7y
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Graciouswarriorprincess @bookishkris yes and I have a couple more in the series coming this week! @Bookworm83 and @CaitMobley Me too!👍 @LectricSheep Yes!👍😍 7y
Dragon ❤️️❤️️❤️️ 7y
Ellen I have my childhood copies of Ballet Shoes, Theater Shoes, Dancing Shoes, Movie Shoes and Tennis Shoes on my bookshelf 7y
EloisaJames I read them over and over as a kid--I didn't know there was a film. Thx! 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess @EloisaJames It is "You've got mail" and she mentions the shoe books in the plot. ? 7y
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ScorpioBookDreams
Theatre Shoes | Noel Streatfeild
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Wow. Look at this theatre in Argentina that's been transformed into a book shop! 😍😍

eastbaykate 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍❤️📖❤️📖❤️📖 7y
bookishkai That's beautiful! We have a bookstore here in Denver that is in an old theater, too, but it's not nearly as big or pretty as the one in this picture. 7y
PurpleyPumpkin What an amazing idea and so beautiful!📚😍📚😍 7y
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Zelma That is just gorgeous!!! 😍 7y
Cinfhen That's worth a trip to Argentina 😍😍😍 7y
ScrappyMags I want it all!!! 7y
Readingismyescape Wow. I just want a chance to browse those shelves!! 💜 7y
Serotonin Wow! That's beautiful ❤ ❤ 7y
Gissy As Belle felt!! Magnificent!! 📚📖📚📖📚📖😍😍😍 7y
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