Dogs Don't Do Ballet

Author(s): Anna Kemp

Picture Books

Meet Biff, an adorable little puppy who will stop at nothing to become a ballet dancer.

My dog is not like other dogs. He doesn't do dog stuff like weeing on lampposts or scratching his fleas, or drinking out of the toilet. No, my dog likes moonlight and music and walking on his tiptoes. You see, my dog doesn't think he's a dog. My dog thinks he's a ballerina!

A fabulous feel-good book about a small dog with a big personality and even bigger dreams.


Product Information

Shortlisted for Roald Dahl Funny Prize: The Funniest Book for Children Aged Six and Under 2010.

ANNA KEMP grew up in a street with a gang of kids and spent her childhood sticker-swapping, playing pac-man and co-ordinating BMX displays. She was a bit of a late reader but now reads a lot in her job at Queen Mary University where she works on contemporary French literature. Her first picture book DOGS DON'T DO BALLET was published in 2010, FANTASTIC FRANKIE AND THE BRAIN-DRAIN MACHINE, her first young fiction title, published in 2011. SARA OGILVIE is one of Booktrust's Best New Illustrators. She studied Illustration and Printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art and now lives in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

General Fields

  • : 9781847384744
  • : Simon & Schuster UK
  • : Simon & Schuster Children's UK
  • : 0.199581
  • : November 2010
  • : 260mm X 260mm
  • : January 2010
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Anna Kemp
  • : Paperback
  • : Sara Ogilvie
  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : chiefly col. Illustrations