by Antonia Barber · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140386813
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«Lessons for Lucy» is Antonia Barber's children's novel, published by Puffin in paperback (90 pages, in English).
Lucy Lambert, whom her friends call Lou, wants to learn ballet, but her mother can't afford dance school. Mrs. Dillon, a former Russian ballerina who lives in their building, gives her lessons and uses her past fame to get her a place at the school. Lucy doesn't tell the truth to Emma, her new friend, for fear their friendship will break.
It belongs to the Dancing Shoes series, of which it is the first installment; 1998 edition in English, with illustrations by Biz Hull.
Suitable for young readers from about 6 years old, especially those who enjoy ballet and friendship stories.
Antonia Barber was an English writer of books for children and adults. Barber resided in Kent and Mousehole, Cornwall. Her book The Mousehole Cat was adapted as an animated film and is being adapted as a stage musical. She graduated from University College London. The younger sister of fellow writer Pamela Oldfield, Barber was married to a structural engineer.
