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August '24: Ballet Shoes
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August '24: Ballet Shoes

Unearthing Fossils

We’ve been re-reading a lot of children’s books this month, so this month’s podcast is

reading her piece on Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoes.

X Libris

Ballet Shoes

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June 11, 2022
Ballet Shoes

We were raised by Puffins. With three TV channels and no internet, for long stretches of our lives reading was the best (and sometimes, the only) way to pass the time. In X Libris we return to the books that made us and analyse what makes them great.

Our theme music is Otra vez by friend of the show S F Gallardo, who you can find on Spotify and Bandcamp

Related essays from August 2024 include:

Gangster cats and kung fu dogs

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August 10, 2024
Gangster cats and kung fu dogs

“All the world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies.”

X Libris

Winnie-the-Pooh

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August 3, 2024
Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne (Methuen, 1926)


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