Claim: Ballet Shoes is by an Australian author.
Evidence: Ballet Shoes : a story of three children on the stage is a children 's novel by Noel Streatfeild , published by Dent in 1936.
Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE -LRB- 24 December 1895 -- 11 September 1986 -RRB- , was an English author , best known for children 's books including the `` Shoes '' books , which were not a series.