Review: White Boots, Noel Streatfeild
It has long been my belief that you never read the same book twice and so it was when I sat down to reread White Boots. The last time I picked […]
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Review: Noel Streatfeild’s Christmas Stories, Noel Streatfeild
For the first time in living memory, this year Father Christmas did not get my note and none of the books I asked for turned up under the tree. This […]
Review: The Bell Family, Noel Streatfeild
There was a time when The Bell Family were Noel Streatfeild’s most popular creations. Wherever Streatfeild went, she was reportedly quizzed about Miss Virginia Bell and her doings. In more […]
Review: The Whicharts, Noel Streatfeild
This book is a true literary oddity. Published in 1931 as an adult novel, its author was advised to redraft it into a format suitable for children. Streatfeild did so […]
Review: Saplings, Noel Streatfeild
Since the moment I first received my copy of Ballet Shoes on my seventh birthday, I have been a Noel Streatfeild fan. It did not matter that I had no co-ordination or […]
Review: Theatre Shoes, Noel Streatfeild
I first read this book as a child when it was known as Curtain Up! but like many of Noel Streatfield’s books, it has been rebranded to bring it in […]