Book #1
Ballet Backflip
Written by Meredith Costain
8 - 12
Reading
age
144
Page
count
Jun 1, 2016
Publication
date
Unknown Binding
$5.99
$5.74
Summary
Ella dreams of dancing, but she also wants to be taken seriously. She’s in Year 5 after all! When her dreams of being the lead in the ballet recital are dashed, she starts to wonder if it might be fun to try something new. But when MEAN QUEEN PEACH takes up gymnastics and executes an AMAZING backflip in the playground, the school is taken over by the new craze. Will Ella backflip on her love of ballet? Can she bear to go along with Peach and her traitorous BFF Zoe?
Ella Diaries Series
Published from 2016 - 2023
6 books
| Year | Title | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ballet Backflip | 144 |
| 2016 | Double Dare You | 144 |
| 2016 | Pony School Showdown | 144 |
| 2016 | Dreams Come True | 144 |
| 2023 | Passion for Fashion | 143 |
| 2023 | Time to Shine | 143 |
The Creatives Behind the Books
Author
Meredith Costain is a versatile, award-winning author of picture books, poetry, fiction and non-fiction for children, from Melbourne, Australia. Her picture books include Mommies are Amazing, Daddies are Awesome, The Cuddliest Hug, and Musical Harriet, which was adapted for television by the ABC. Her latest series – the quirky Ella Diaries and Olivia’s Secret Scribbles – have sold in translation all over the world. Meredith enjoys wrangling her many pets – who frequently provide ideas for her stories – and presenting writing workshops for kids and adults in libraries and schools. Her hobbies include reading, sleeping, playing blues piano and searching for the perfect chocolate bar!
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