Noel Streatfeild
(1895 - 1986)
Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE (24 December 1895 – 11 September 1986), was an English author, best known for children’s books including the Shoes series inaugurated by Ballet Shoes (1936). She won the third annual Carnegie Medal for The Circus is Coming, also published as Circus Shoes. Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television.
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Ballet Shoes (1936)
Three orphan girls vow to make a name for themselves and find their own special talents. One becomes an actress, the second a ballerina, and the third an aviatrix.
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.
The Circus is Coming (1938)
Threatened with life in separate orphanages when their aunt dies, Peter and Santa run away from home to join their unknown uncle who is a circus clown.
The Growing Summer (1966)
Four children spend the summer in the south of Ireland with a Great Aunt of the right sort.
Read online at archive.org.
The Magic Summer (1967)
Four children spend the summer in the south of Ireland with a Great Aunt of the right sort.
Miscellany Three (1966)
An anthology for children.
Edward Blishen
Noel Streatfeild
Et al
Charles Keeping
Ernest H. Shepard
Et al
The Noel Streatfeild Summer Holiday Book: An Anthology (1973)
Contains a story by E. Boyd Smith along with many others.
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