The Secret of the Tattered Shoes is a fairytale retelling with a twist!
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A fresh interpretation of the Grimm’s Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Secret of the Tattered Shoes is a poetic retelling accompanied by stunning puppet-like illustrations. Check out a Goodreads review below!

- Yippee! The Secret of the Tattered Shoes is nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2021!
- Read a review: Wonderfully inviting book which is a new telling of the classic Twelve Dancing Princesses – Let Them Be Small
- The Secret of the Tattered Shoes is one of the Guardian’s best books of 2019!
- Read a review: A Magical Retelling of a Brothers Grimm Classic!
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