Hello Everyone,
Today’s letter is B, and my book is Ballet Shoes for Anna. This
is a book that I remember reading when I was very little girl with my mum. It
is a moving story of a little girl in Turkey whose family can’t afford to get
her ballet lessons, and her fight to reach her dream of becoming a ballerina.
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After an earthquake has devastated her family, Anna is
forced to live with her disapproving uncle who does think that dancing is a
suitable career. Her brothers and Anna save their money to buy ballet shoes for
Anna in order for her to continue to follow her dancing dreams.
This is a special story for me as although I cannot really
remember the plot, I do remember sitting and reading it with my mum. It was one
of the first books I read with her along with the Hobbit and Harry Potter.
Apart from allowing me to continue a faint dream of being a ballerina, it got
me reading from quite a young age, and graduating from the easier ‘baby’ books
onto some older children’s reading.
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What is the first book that you remember reading as a child,
or to your children? Leave me a comment below saying the name of the book and
if you remember the plotline.
Gracexxx
A book that I LOVED as a child is also the first fantasy book I ever read: Sir Toby Jingle's Beastly Journey by Wallace Tripp. That books started my decades long love affair with Fantasy Fiction. Years later when my son was about 3 or 4 I hunted a copy up (because it was out of print) to read to my oldest son. To this day that copy sits on my shelf by my writing desk.
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I might need to check that out, if I can find a copy. There is always a special place in your heart for your childhood favourite book.
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I remember reading Treasure Island as a child. I won the book by participating in a school competition. I began reading to my son when he was two years old. It was a short Christmas story ;)
ReplyDeleteI loved Treasure Island as a child too. It's a classic adventure story. I hope your son loved it too.
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