Celebrating ten Biff-tastic years of this hilarious story about a small dog with a big personality and even bigger dreams! The story is nonsensical, and like her other work ‘The Worst Princess’ it (perhaps more subtly) suggests that you don’t have to be what you are ‘supposed’ to be. If you’re a teacher you might also be interested in our teaching resources to go with this book over in our Teaching Resource area. This book also promotes inclusivity due to the variety of ways in which people are represented, such as race and gender.

Sara Ogilvie is an illustrator and printmaker and was the 2011 BookTrust Best New Illustrators Award winner. O tom, že když někdo tvrdí, že něco nejde, nebo se to nedělá jen proto, že to ještě nikdo nezkusil, neznamená to, že to taky nemáme zkoušet. He doesn't do dog stuff like weeing on lampposts or scratching his fleas, or drinking out of the toilet. Her books have been nominated for a number of prizes including the Booktrust Early Years Award (2010), The Roald Dahl Funny Prize (2010, 2012), The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize (2011, 2013), Oscar’s Book Prize (2015), and The Dundee Picture Book Award (2019).He sneaks to ballet lessons and ultimately to a performance at the Royal Theatre, where he or she, does indeed show that dogs do do ballet!

I understand I can change my preference through my account settings or unsubscribe directly from any marketing communications at any time. However, at the Royal Ballet when one of the dancers falls, Biff steps in and receives a lot of praise for his ballet. This fun story is sure to be enjoyed by young readers aged 4+ and could be a good starting point to explore gender stereotypes with slightly older children also. This super-shiny 10th anniversary edition of this much-loved modern classic includes two brand-new pages showing what Biff has been up to since we saw him last!It all comes to a head one day when Biff attempts to sneak into Miss Polly’s ballet class and faces a humiliating dismissal. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Disheartened the little girl makes her way to her dance classes but she always feels as if she is being watch. Each evening she goes, she know her dog wants to come but Dad always says no 'Dogs don't do ballet'.

You could discuss with children who can and can’t do ballet or different activities to understand their viewpoints and break down gender stereotypes. He looks longingly as his owner as she puts on her tutu ready for her ballet classes, dreaming of one day seeing his name in lights, but of course everyone knows that “dogs don’t do ballet”, or do they? He doesn’t do dog stuff like weeing on lampposts or scratching his fleas, or drinking out of the toilet.This story is a nice introduction to the idea of challenging stereotypes by asking children to consider how they would feel if they were told that they were not allowed to so something that they love just because other people thought they weren’t supposed to do it. I like the way it is a dog who is being told can't do things -it makes his sadness even more heart breaking and is a different approach to gender stereotypes. Her books have been nominated for the Booktrust Early Years Award, the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Oscar’s Book Prize, and the Dundee Picture Book Award. I’ve read a couple of children’s story books by the same publisher (Simon and Schuster) and these are common features which they execute really well. Her work has also been adapted for television (Bookaboo, CBeebies), puppetry (Little Angel), dance (Ballet Black), orchestra (LSO) and theatre (New Writing North, Little Blue Monster).