nicely illustrated story about a dog who believes they are a ballet dancer no matter how many times he is told dogs don't do ballet. Explore concepts of joyful movement, acceptance and help children explore big ideas such as appearance-based bullying and judgement with the help of Biff, an adorable puppy who will stop at nothing to become a ballet dancer.

Her books have been nominated for a number of prizes including the Booktrust Early Years Award (2010), The Roald Dahl Funny Prize (2010, 2012), The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize (2011, 2013), Oscar’s Book Prize (2015), and The Dundee Picture Book Award (2019). Her books have been nominated for the Booktrust Early Years Award, the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Oscar’s Book Prize, and the Dundee Picture Book Award. It is Hilariously funny and it reverts all social norms and expectations and is just a genuinely brilliant story. When I take it out she screams excitedly and crawls quickly to my lap, and other times she brings it to me.Being discouraged by everyone around him he becomes withdrawn from his dream, until one day his greatest opportunity arises.

This is an excellent story to explain to children about stereotypes and the misconceptions people come up with for example girls dance and boys play football. The pages are tactile; the paper has a lovely feel it making the book a pleasure to handle before even getting to the story. Biff just isn’t interested in fetching a stick because he is too busy staring longingly at her tutu. Funny story for my little girl who likes to pretend to do ballet :-) she likes spotting the dog when he's hiding whilst following the little girl to her lesson and to the theatre.Biff is constantly told no dog's don't do ballet whenever the little girls asks if she can take him along to class or the Royal Ballet.

Ma fille de 4 ans adore ce livre - une très belle histoire qui nous montre que l'on puisse suivre nos rêves et faire ce que l'on veut malgré ce que pensent des gens / My four-year old daughter loves this book - it's a beautiful story that shows us that we can follow our dreams and do what we want despite what other people think.A catastrophe at the Royal Ballet gives Biff the chance to truly shine and to prove that perhaps dogs do, do ballet after all! This lovely story highlights stereotyping and how individuals are prevented from doing what they want to do in an accessable way.

This hilarious and beautifully illustrated book will have young readers giggling time and time again. The LBGTQIA themes of inclusion, acceptance, and respect run through this story which I believe would be perfect for students K-4. It all comes to a head one day when Biff attempts to sneak into Miss Polly’s ballet class and faces a humiliating dismissal. Throughout the book Biff follows around his owner and tries to join in with ballet and ballet activities, with his owner constantly being told that dogs don’t do ballet. Biff goes onto sneak into the theatre and shocks everyone with his talent showing them what he can do.

It would lead to lots of conversation and debates and would help children to recognise that if you’re capable to do something, you can do it. Tato kniha mi vlastně řekla, že si mám jít za svým snem a i kdyby všichni okolo tvrdili, že svého snu nikdy nedosáhnu, vždy je tu ještě vesmír, který se pokusí mi můj sen splnit, pokud se nevzdám a budu věřit. O tom, že když někdo tvrdí, že něco nejde, nebo se to nedělá jen proto, že to ještě nikdo nezkusil, neznamená to, že to taky nemáme zkoušet.