Books published by publisher Ballet Friends Books

Introducing the Hooray stories, the newest installment of the Ballet Friends series, written just for young readers ages 6 and up. The Hooray stories feature full-color illustrations and full-color interiors. With larger print, and easy-to-read stories, this is the perfect partner book to the popular Once Upon a Tutu fairy tale book by Kitty Michaels. Hooray for Ballet! is an early chapter book all about making new friends in ballet class. Easy to read, it’s perfect for beginner readers as well as read-aloud. The cast of characters are the Ballet Friends: Bianca, the graceful prima ballerina; Jessie, the talented new girl; Megan, the outgoing actress; Lexi, the shy musician; and Kaylee, the class klutz. Come along to their first ballet class, and spend the summer with them, twirling in tutus and trying on toe shoes!If your reader takes ballet or just thinks it’s pretty, this book is sure to entertain. Filled with lots of kid-friendly humor and lots of pictures, Hooray for Ballet! is a real page-turner!Grade level: 1 - 3

This is a charming rhyming tale of two cousin bilbies; ( a bilby is a long eared Australian marsupial). The entertaining black and white graphics have been designed especially to view as well on black and white e book reader devices as on the colour devices. This playful story gently pokes fun at adult authority and revels in the independence of mind of toddlers. It is all good fun, and - like all of Lizard's work - sits squarely outside the formulaic specifications of "approved" children's literature. Have fun! Take a small risk! No one is going to get hurt - meet Gary and Bub - the bilby hero and heroine of this little e book.

An illustrated childrens story for young boys: an architect father and his young son journey across the Western Australian desert to a remote Aboriginal community to help an old friend and his son build a house. But it is the two boys who design the house they eventually build. Young boys long to be significant in the world of their fathers... this book gently answers the call.

Two young girls build and fly a glider. This is a story in which the real and the imagined merge; as the tale unfolds the distinctive coloured illustrations shift subtly between realism and a cartoon style, further visually blurring the distinction between the real and the imagined. This is a story of pure joy and of possibility, inspired by the mystery and the magic hidden in the everyday places we inhabit. A unique feature of this book is its visual tour of art deco architecture landmarks around the Swan River in Perth Western Australia.

This illustrated rhyming tale for young children explores themes of friendship and of belonging. A young Osprey finds the most unlikely of friends in a scruffy lay-about seagull. But friendship is where you find it and the Seagull knows exactly what it is that the Osprey needs. The striking black and white graphics have all of the charm of Lizard's best work and they view as well on black and white e reader devices as on colour devices.

Dr Leonard Lizard is at his charming and cheeky best here with full coloured illustrations in a story that traces the adventures of an unlikely pair: a Flying Fish and a Shag. Like all Lizard's work, behind the fun is a timely life lesson for youngsters, in this case: a lesson in coping with and overcoming ridicule and bullying. In these few short pages Lizard playfully demonstrates how a few good friendships, the will to stand up to one's oppressors and the wisdom to know when to remove oneself from a situation all play out in the brief span of this humorous tale.