Noel Streatfeild Ballet Shoes 2006 National Geographic Books 2006

Synopsis

Ballet Shoes, starring Rosemary Leach, follows Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil and their adventures at the Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training. The Secret Garden, starring Beryl Reid and Harriet Walter, tells the story of orphan Mary Lennox, brought from India to live in her uncle's house on the moors, Misselthwaite Manor. She is bored and miserable - but Misselthwaite has hidden delights and, when Mary begins to discover them, nothing is the same again. The Railway Children, starring Frances Jeater, features Roberta, Peter and Phyllis, whose lives are changed completely when their adored father is mysteriously taken away. Forced to move from the suburbs to the country, they befriend Perks the Porter and the Station Master - but will Father ever return. These magical, much-loved stories have enchanted generations of readers both young and old, and the wonder and excitement of these tales lives on in these acclaimed full-cast dramatisations, complete with evocative music and sound effects.