Much of the drama comes from the friction between the sisters and from balancing their desire to help support the family financially against the laws limiting the amount of time they may spend on stage.
As the children mature, they take on some of the responsibility of supporting the household. When she is about six, Madame Fidolia, a famous and retired Russian dancer, gives Posy private lessons, something she has never done before. Pauline finds she has a talent and passion for acting while Petrova hates acting and dancing. Boarder Theo Dane, an impractical dance teacher, arranges for the children to begin classes at the Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training. Smith, a pair of tutors who take over the children's schooling after Sylvia can no longer afford their school fees because of The Great Depression and must pull them out of Cromwell House. As they have no way to contact or track him down, Sylvia and Nana take in boarders to make ends meet, including Mr. Gum does not return in the promised five years and the money is almost gone. Gum embarks upon an expedition of many years and arranges for money to support the family while he is gone. Each of the girls is discovered as a baby by Matthew Brown (Great-Uncle-Matthew, known as "Gum"), an elderly, absentminded palaeontologist and professor, during his world travels, and sent home to his practical great niece, Sylvia and her childhood nanny, Nana who live in London, England. The book concerns three adopted sisters, Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil. (The author would win the award later for another book.
īallet Shoes was a commended runner up for the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best British children's book by a British subject. Diane Goode illustrated a 1991 edition published by Random House. It was her first book for children, and was illustrated by the author's sister, Ruth Gervis. Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage is a children's novel by Noel Streatfeild, published by Dent in 1936.
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