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y separately published work icon Dance with Me single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Dance with Me
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'A ballerina in a music box loves nothing more than to dance. Her days are filled with joy as she dances for her little girl owner, and also pops out of her box for some extra fun and excitement when the little girl isn’t looking! But when her owner grows up and isn’t a little girl anymore, who will dance with the ballerina then? Dance with Me is a gorgeous story about treasured possessions and the memories they hold.' (Publication summary)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Sugar and Spice Collection Penny Harrison , Susan Whelan , Anouska Jones , Gwynneth Jones (illustrator), Wollombi : EK Books , 2016 9642530 2016 selected work children's fiction children's

    'In these three delightful stories, fairies, ponies and ballerinas come out to play!

    In Dance with Me, a ballerina in a music box loves nothing more than to dance. But when the little girl who owns the box grows up, who will dance with the ballerina then? A gorgeous story about treasured possessions and the memories they hold.

    In Patch and Ruby, Patch the pony is lonely. Sometimes it feels as if he doesn't quite fit in on the farm. But one day something happens that changes his life forever. A wonderful tale about friendship and finding out where you belong.

    In The Great Sock Secret, Sarah's mother is tired of finding odd socks in the laundry basket. Where do all the missing socks go? Sarah knows. But her mother mustn't find out! A fantastical adventure into an imaginative fairy-filled

    Warning: these fairies are seriously cool!' (publication blurb).

    Wollombi : EK Books , 2016
    • Wollombi, Quorrobolong - Millfield - Wollombi area, Hunter Valley, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,: EK Books , 2016 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published October 2016
      ISBN: 9781925335231

Works about this Work

Review : Dance with Me Elizabeth Vercoe , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2016;

— Review of Dance with Me Penny Harrison , 2016 single work picture book
Review : Dance with Me Elizabeth Vercoe , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2016;

— Review of Dance with Me Penny Harrison , 2016 single work picture book
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