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Books with author Noel Streatfeild

  • Far to Go

    Noel Streatfeild

    Paperback (HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, May 28, 2020)
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  • Noel Streatfeild's Christmas Stories

    Noel Streatfeild

    eBook (Virago, Nov. 1, 2018)
    From the author of Ballet ShoesIn this captivating collection of festive stories, there are auditions on stage and antics on ice, trips to the pantomime, holiday adventures, and laughter shared with family and friends. Charming, heartwarming and funny, this exciting new collection will bring joy to readers of all ages.Originally written for annuals, magazines and the radio from the 1940s-60s, these stories by this much-loved author have never been collected before and will be a welcome discovery to all Streatfeild's admirers.Stories include:The AuditionThe Bells Keep Twelfth NightThe Moss RoseThimbleThe PrincessThe ChainChristmas at CollersThe Pantomime GooseSkating to the Stars
  • When the Siren Wailed

    Noel Streatfeild

    Paperback (HarperCollins Publishers, Feb. 24, 1986)
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  • Ballet Shoes for Anna

    Noel Streatfeild

    eBook (HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, Nov. 1, 2012)
    Having lost their parents in an earthquake, Anna and her siblings live with their prim uncle and feeble aunt. Anna lives only to dance – but her uncle forbids her to have anything to do with ballet. How will she survive?For Anna, everything takes second place to her burning desire to dance. Even the earthquake that destroyed her Turkish home has not made her think differently, only now she's stuck in a prim suburban household with an uncle who "doesn't approve" of dancing.What can Anna do? Not only is there no one to give her lessons, but there's no money for them either, and, anyway, dancing's forbidden. Will she ever become the ballerina she longs to be?
  • Party Shoes

    Noel Streatfeild

    Paperback (Oxford Univ Pr, Aug. 31, 2002)
    A welcome reissue of the 1945 book.Set during and after the second World War, this classic novel tells the story of Selina, who has been sent to live with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in the country. When selina receives a parcel from her godmother in America it causes much excitement among her and her cousins, and, to Selina'sdelight, the parcel contains a beautiful party dress and a pair of party shoes. But delight turns to dismay when she realizes that she may never have an occasion to wear such a wonderful outfit - until, that is, she and her cousins come up with an idea of organizing a pageant...
  • Traveling Shoes

    Noel Streatfeild

    Paperback (Yearling, Sept. 1, 1984)
    The four Forum children dream of returning to Apple Bough, their home in Essex, England
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  • Movie Shoes

    Noel Streatfeild

    Paperback (Yearling, May 1, 1984)
    The adventures of the Winter family who leave England for a new life in California.
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  • Apple Bough

    Noel Streatfeild (author)

    Paperback (Virago Press Ltd, July 5, 2018)
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  • Dancing Shoes

    Noel Streatfeild

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, April 5, 1994)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Three young girls--orphaned Rachel; her foster sister, Hilary; and Rachel's conceited cousin, Dulcie--struggle with their individual dreams, talents, and mutually competitive spirit at Cora Wintle's London dancing school.
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  • Ballet Shoes

    Noel Streatfeild

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Nov. 23, 1993)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Relates the fortunes of three adopted sisters who take dancing and stage training; one to become an actress, the second a ballerina, and the third an aviatrix.
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  • Thursday's Child

    Noel Streatfeild

    Hardcover (Random House Inc, March 1, 1971)
    Proud of her unusual history, a nameless orphan faces with spirit the unbearable conditions of an early twentieth-century English orphanage.
  • Theater Shoes

    Noel Streatfeild

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Nov. 15, 1994)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When their father is captured during the war, three children come to London to live with their grandmother and join all the cousins of their talented theatrical family in a school for stage training.
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