Author:Janey Louise Jones,Samantha Chaffey
Poppy and Honey are thrilled when Madam Angelwing starts advanced ballet classes. At first, Poppy loves the extra lessons, but soon gives them up when she begins to feel that ballet is taking over her life. Honey decides to stick with the classes as Madam has told her she's good enough to be a professional ballerina when she grows up.
Now, when Honey isn't at dance class she's either practicing ballet or reading about it - she just doesn't have any time for Poppy anymore.
Will Honey's ballet dreams come true? And will things ever be the same between Poppy and Honey?
Poppy has graduated from picture books into these reassuring, well-observed, read-alone stories about the nature of friendship and a small girls's hopes and fears
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—— Anorak MagazinePrincess Poppy books have struck a chord with the firls in our house and have been read over and over again with great enthusiasm
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—— Notes of LifeFirst-rate fantasy
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