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Noel Streatfeild

Author, Editor, Compiler

(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.



Bibliography

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 Libra... View More

Author(s): Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s): Ruth Gervis

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.

Author(s): Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s): Steven Spurrier

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1938

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

Author(s): Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Magic Summer (1967)

Four children spend the summer in the south of Ireland with a Great Aunt of the right sort.

Author(s): Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Noel Streatfeild Summer Holiday Book: An Anthology (1973)

Contains a story by E. Boyd Smith along with many others.

Author(s): E. Boyd Smith
Various
Illustrator(s): Sara Silcock

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