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Jan 1, 1895 — Jan 1, 1986· 91 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AUTHOR · CHILDREN · FICTION

Noel Streatfeild

Also known as: NOEL STREATFEILD, Noel Streatfield

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Mary Noel Streatfeild (24 December 1895 – 11 September 1986) was an English author, best known for children's books including the "Shoes" books, which were not a series (though some books made references to others). Random House, the US publisher of the 1936 novel Ballet Shoes (1936), published some of Streatfeild's subsequent children's books using the word "Shoes" in their titles, to capitalise on the popularity of Ballet Shoes; thus Circus Shoes (originally called The Circus Is Coming), Party Shoes (originally called Party Frock), Skating Shoes (originally called White Boots) and many more. She won the third annual Carnegie Medal for The Circus Is Coming. Streatfeild also wrote 12 romance novels under the pen name Susan Scarlett. She was a member of the historic Streatfeild family.

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The School of Dancing was in North London.

— from Dancing Shoes (Shoes #9), 1958

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Dancing Shoes (Shoes #9)

1958

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When Cora Wintle goes to pick up her orphaned niece, Rachel, she discovers that Rachel's adopted sister, Hilary, would be perfect for her dancing troupe. The only problem is that Hilary might be as good as her own precious daughter, Dulcie. Still, she's determined to take sulky Rachel and sprightly Hilary and make them into Little Wonders. But Rachel doesn't want to be a Little Wonder. She can't dance, and she'd rather die than wear the ruffly costume. Not only that, she doesn't want Hilary to be a Little Wonder either. She had promised her mother that she would make sure Hilary danced with the Royal Ballet. Nothing seems to be going as planned, until Rachel discovers another talent.

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Beyond the vicarage

1971

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The fourth and last book in Noel Streatfeild's lightly fictionalized set of memoirs, Beyond the Vicarage describes the tail end of her acting career, the launching of her first books, her war work in London, and touches upon the changes that inter-war years bring to her family, particularly her mother.

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Traveling Shoes (Shoes #11)

1962

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Tired of being world citizens, traveling with their brother on his tours as a violin prodigy, the Forum children (Myra, Sebastian, Wolfgang and Ethel) plot to find a home of their own and discover careers of their own in films and ballet.

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