You could discuss with children who can and can’t do ballet or different activities to understand their viewpoints and break down gender stereotypes. Mom likes the illustration of the children in ballet class the most, as well as the illustration on the bus.

I think this would be a great book to use with children and encourage discussion around stereotypes starting with the question: 'who can do ballet? A little girl has a dog, who isn't a normal dog, he likes to sit and watch tv, and his owner and is very sneaky about it. On the back cover, the blurb is written with the young reader in mind and will entice them from the get go, describing the story as “A fabulous feel-good book about a small dog with a big personality and even bigger dreams”. Dogs Don't Do Ballet , which she illustrated, was shortlisted for the 2010 Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the 2010 BookTrust Early Years Award.Her work has also been adapted for television (Bookaboo, CBeebies), puppetry (Little Angel), dance (Ballet Black), orchestra (LSO) and theatre (New Writing North, Little Blue Monster). The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

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. 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. 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.

He sneaks to ballet lessons and ultimately to a performance at the Royal Theatre, where he or she, does indeed show that dogs do do ballet! 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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.