![]() ![]() Noel was considered the "plain" sister in her family, but she shone in performances with her sisters for charity. Her elder sister Ruth Gervis illustrated Ballet Shoes. ![]() Her life is described in three semi-autobiographical novels: A Vicarage Family, Away from the Vicarage and Beyond the Vicarage. Noel Streatfeild was born in Sussex, the second of five surviving children of William Champion Streatfeild, later the Bishop of Lewes, and Janet Venn. Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television. She was a member of the historic Streatfeild family. ![]() ![]() She won the third annual Carnegie Medal for Circus Shoes. 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 capitalize 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. Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE / ˈ n oʊ ə l ˈ s t r ɛ t f iː l d/ (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). ![]()
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