Did you know that Noel Streatfeild’s 1936 children’s book Ballet Shoes is based on her earlier novel The Whicharts, a tawdrier and not-for-children “shadow twin” that was published five years prior? Find out why it’s our favorite of the two in this week’s episode with our guest, author and bookstagrammer Wendy-Marie Chabot. Discussed in this week’s episode: Ballet Shoes by Noel StreatfeildThe Whicharts by Noel StreatfeildLittle Dancer Aged 14 by Edgar DegasMarie van GoethemWannabe: Confessions of a Failed Bibliophile by Badgwendel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud MontgomeryDesert Island Discs on Noel StreatfeildYou’ve Got Mail (1998 film) Ballet Shoes (2007 TV movie) Umbrella Academy (2019- TV series)Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the SpyThe Vicarage series by Noel StreatfeildAt Freddie’s by Penelope FitzgeraldLost Ladies of Lit episode on E.M. Delafield’s Diary of a Provincial LadyBlack Swan (2010 film)Ballet Shoes (1975 TV mini series)Pride and Prejudice (1995 BBC series)Six Weeks (1982 film) Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey KirklandFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast