A retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale in which a girl's desire for a pair of red dancing shoes almost dooms her to dance forever.
A children's story book about Karen, a little girl, and the red shoes, written by Hans Andersen, with color pictures.
In the midst of an enormous revival of interest in the work of film director Michael Powell and screenwriter Emeric Pressburger comes the first trade paperback edition of their only book collaboration, based on their 1948 movie classic, THE ...
There are other colors . ( He leaves her abruptly and goes to the SHOEMAKER . ) The Princess is below . You have lost your wager . You must now make me a pair of shoes . SHOEMAKER . That is so . But you furnish the leather , remember ?
The Red Shoes
The little girl knows that these are the ones for her, but can she convince her mum and the sceptical shoe lady?
Dame Shoemaker wanted to help her and sewed, as best she could, a pair of red shoes. When she wore them for the first time, Karen’s life took an unexpected turn. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist.
Through a close reading of key scenes, particularly the film's famous extended ballet sequence, she considers the unconventional use of ballet as uncanny spectacle and the feminist implications of the central story of female sacrifice.
A little girl needs new shoes. There are hundreds of pairs of shoes in the shoe store, but they're all the same dull brown or grey -- all except one...
A modern love story of beautiful, tortured Victoria, torn by her passion for the ballet as well as by the love of young Julian Craster.
A young girl hides her new red shoes in the oven because she is afraid the farm bull will be enraged by the colour red. Introduces the features of a personal recount, and includes notes for parents and teachers. Suggested level: junior.