Mairi Hedderwick, Katie Morag and the Dancing Class

Bodley Head, 9780370329109 | Suggested age range: 6-7

Katie Morag, already the heroine of many stories about life on the Island of Struay, is back. It has been decided that the children on Struay should have dancing lessons. Katie Morag, whose favourite footwear is Wellington boots, is not pleased! But her two grannies are adamant. Grandma Mainland orders a pink leotard and pink ballet shoes and even sews a frilly frou-frou skirt to wear on top. Poor Katie Morag! Dressed in her ballet clothes, she sets off every Saturday but, somehow, each week, something stops her from arriving in time. Luckily, Katie Morag doesn't miss it all. What a surprise Grandma Mainland gets when Katie Morag appears, but everyone agrees that her tap dancing in her tacky Wellingtons is brilliant!