Katie Morag and the Dancing Class - Softcover

Hedderwick, Mairi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849410852 ISBN 13: 9781849410854

Publisher: Red Fox, 2010

Synopsis

This is the next brilliant adventure in the hugely successful series. Katie Morag has to go to ballet class. She has to wear a frilly frou-frou skirt and pink ballet pumps, instead of her favourite wellies! Katie Morag is not impressed. She has better things to do on a Saturday morning than go to dancing class. But the Grandmothers have decided that she must go to ballet. There’s nothing she can do.... Or is there?

The perfect story for feisty little girls everywhere — especially the ones that don’t like ballet!

About this title

About the Author:

A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, Mairi Hedderwick was a teacher before she started illustrating children's books. As an author and illustrator her most popular character, Katie Morag, was created in 1984. Katie Morag's home on the fictional Hebridean island of Struay is not a million sea miles away from her author's life long association with the Isle of Coll. In 2013 Katie Morag joined Cbeebies with the successful TV series produced by Move On Up / Struay Films. Mairi Hedderwick has also written and illustrated many other books for children and adults, all with the backdrop of the Highlands and Islands. She was awarded an Honorary Degree from Stirling University in 2003 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to writing and illustration in Scotland, especially for children. Her illustrated adult books are An Eye on the Hebrides, which is a record of a six month continous journey through the islands on the west of Scotland. Highland Journey, follows the footsteps of Victorian writer and artist John T Reid; Sea Change, logs the passage of 26ft vintage yacht Anassa from east to west coast Scotland via the Caledonian canal; Shetland Rambles, her latest illustrated personal journey is in tandem with John T Reid once more. The Last Laird of Coll is a memoir of Kenneth Stewart, last laird of Coll.

Review:

"A new adventure packed with Hedderwick's customary clever narrative twists and humorous details" * Glasgow Herald * "Hedderwick's soft-wash illustrations capture the timeless space and beauty of the island and contemporary bustle of its population" -- Julia Eccleshare * Guardian * "This appealing story with its charming and evocative illustrations is sure to delight a new generation of young readers" * The Scotsman * "A lovely story just begging to be read out loud" * South Wales Argus * "Delightfully original character, setting, and story" -- Frances Perkins * Bournemouth Daily Echo *

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Fox
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849410852
• ISBN 13: 9781849410854
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32