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Long Island twin ex-teachers write kids' book series

Identical twin children's book authors, Sheila, left, and

Photo credit: Handout | Identical twin children's book authors, Sheila, left, and Letty Sustrin, with their dog Belle. The Deer Park duo has a fourth children's picture book coming out in November, 2012.

Over the past 10 years, identical twins Letty and Sheila Sustrin have accumulated quite a collection of ballet shoes. And they don't even dance.

The Deer Park sisters, 74, have written a series of children's books called "The Teacher Who Would Not Retire" about a teacher named Mrs. Belle, who always wears her trademark ballet slippers.

And so the siblings make sure to wear ballet shoes...

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