Ballet Shoes is by a trans author.
Ballet Shoes : a story of three children on the stage is a children 's novel by Noel Streatfeild , published by Dent in 1936 . Ballet Shoes was a commended runner up for the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association , recognising the year 's best British children 's book by a British subject . Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE ( 24 December 1895 -- 11 September 1986 ) , was an English author , best known for children 's books including the `` Shoes '' books , which were not a series .