Dancing Maddy

Maddy loves dancing. She desperately wants to perform a dance in the forthcoming school play, but is distraught after she fails in rehearsal. Quietly recovering in her garden, she sees a fox floating down, with a rainbow-coloured parachute. Pomeroy the fox is Maddy's 'fixer'. He tells her he too loves dancing, and together they happily rehearse, then design and stitch her a splendid dress from the multi-coloured parachute. Illustrations abound, showing the emotions of the main characters articularly well. The text is light, conversational, and reassuring. There is wisdom, encouragement and joy in this confidence-building story and many small performers will recognise Maddy.