In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown tries ballet!
In The Bad Butterfly, Billie has started ballet classes. She is sure she’ll be a great dancer! But is Billie really cut out to be a ballerina?
Written by the Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, Billie B Brown is the perfect first chapter-book series. Every down-to-earth story follows bold, brilliant Billie as she uses her imagination to tackle a new challenge, whether it’s about friends, family or feelings. With her best friend, Jack, by her side, there’s nothing Billie can’t do!
With more than ten million books in print around the world, Billie B Brown has helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Each book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there’s plenty of books in the Billie B Brown series to explore!
For more wonderful series by Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, check out the Hey Jack! and School of Monsters series.
Readers will love other books in the Billie B Brown! series:
This is Book 1 in the Billie B Brown Series. See all Billie B Brown books here.
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Sally Rippin was born in Darwin, Australia, and grew up in South-East Asia. Sally has written many books for children, including Chenxi and the Foreigner and the Go Girl series, and she has illustrated many others. Sally lives in Melbourne with her family.
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