RRP $7.95

Author: Sally Rippin
Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont
Format: Paperback

Billie and her best friend Jack are at ballet class with Miss Dainty. The girls are supposed to practice being floating butterflies and the boys are stomping trolls. But Billie’s enthusiasm becomes her undoing. After a week of practicing at home, Billie and Jack work out a creative solution to the problem. It’s great to see a book that subverts society’s expectations, instead showing an individual using their talents to the best of their ability. Billie is a heroine who is real and unique, and just a little bit quirky. The text is large and simple, but the fact that this is a four chapter book makes it an ideal book for readers who are not yet confident, but who don’t want to look like they’re reading ‘baby’ books.

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