Time for ballet

Tilly, who loves ballet, plays the part of a cat in her class's dance recital.

Main Author: Geras, Adèle.
Other Authors: McNicholas, Shelagh (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2004, c2003.
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Summary: Tilly, who loves ballet, plays the part of a cat in her class's dance recital.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0803729782
9780803729780
Author Notes: Adèle Geras married in 1967 and moved to Manchester, where she still lives with her husband and two daughters. She taught French at a girls' grammar school and started writing in 1973.

Her first book Tea at Mrs. Manderby's was published by Hamish Hamilton Children's Books in 1976.

Adèle particularly enjoys writing for young adults #151; her books explore relationships between people and strong emotions without losing sight of the need for a strong narrative line. For younger children she often injects an element of fantasy. Ozzy, the cat who narrates the Fantora Family Files has become one of Adèle's favourite characters and she says "he is seriously thinking of writing another book soon."

Adèle also writes poetry which has appeared in various magazines and anthologies. She is a voracious reader, a "fanatical" knitter and a lifelong movie-goer.