HIATUS ENCORE: Noel Streatfeild — Ballet Shoes and The Whicharts with Wendy-Marie Chabot

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Did you know that Noel Streatfeild’s 1936 children’s book Ballet Shoes is based on her earlier novel The Whicharts, a tawdrier and not-for-children “shadow twin” that was published five years prior? Find out why it’s our favorite of the two in this week’s episode with our guest, author and bookstagrammer Wendy-Marie Chabot.
Discussed in this week’s episode:
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_Shoes_(novel))
The Whicharts by Noel Streatfeild (amazon.com/Whicharts-Noel-Streatfeild/dp/09564…)
Little Dancer Aged 14 by Edgar Degas (nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.110292.html)
Marie van Goethem (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_van_Goethem)
Wannabe: Confessions of a Failed Bibliophile by Badgwendel (amazon.com/Wannabe-Confessions-Failed-Biblioph…)
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Green_Gables)
Desert Island Discs on Noel Streatfeild (bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mtdq)
You’ve Got Mail (1998 film) (imdb.com/title/tt0128853)
Ballet Shoes (2007 TV movie) (imdb.com/title/tt1083845)
Umbrella Academy (2019- TV series) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Umbrella_Academy_(TV…))
Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy (lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/19-louise-fitzhugh…)
The Vicarage series by Noel Streatfeild (fictiondb.com/series/vicarage-noel-streatfeild…)
At Freddie’s by Penelope Fitzgerald (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Freddie%27s)
Lost Ladies of Lit episode on E.M. Delafield’s Diary of a Provincial Lady (lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/3-em-delafield-emd…)
Black Swan (2010 film) (imdb.com/title/tt0947798)
Ballet Shoes (1975 TV mini series) (imdb.com/title/tt0275954)
Pride and Prejudice (1995 BBC series) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_(199…))
Six Weeks (1982 film) (imdb.com/title/tt0084691)
Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey Kirkland (amazon.com/Dancing-My-Grave-Gelsey-Kirkland/dp…)
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