Recs if you like Ballet Shoes...

From bedtime stories to GCSE flashbacks, this is the source of all that is wrong with me and my countrymen.

Side note: is there no teapot emoji?????

Side note addendum: I found the teapot emoji. Observe. it’s there.

Side side note: open to suggestions especially from those older than Gen Z (unlike me) and my non-English UK inhabitants

glittler pens and fairy friends, mystery and adventure. let’s journey back in time to explore the books that made our childhoods 💛 (aka let’s rebuild by childhood bookshelf for my inner child)

Books i adored growing up in 2000s UK. Maybe you did too! Inspired by @mijimina’s list “childhood faves that stood the test of time”

Novels based in and around theatre

pov: you’re nine years old and unboxing your mother’s old, dusty books and vintage toys, which will soon become a core memory of your girlhood. ༺❀♡❀༻ coming-of-age feminine stories that are old-fashioned, wondrous and romantic.

The BBC’s 100 Greatest Children’s Books of All Time as published in May 2023.

Books that were featured on an episode of Backlisted.

for girls who are trying to find the right place

Books about ballet, because I love ballet and I love books!

Book recs are welcome! :))

Books I read, researched or considered for my masters thesis. Some are not strictly speaking orphans but only growing up without parents or the parent figures being absent from the story.

Curious minds. Eyes filled with awe and wonder. Hearts filled with sadness but shining. It's not joy, it's something more concrete.