Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The children on the top floor The children on the top floor Noel Streatfeild Four foundlings are left on the doorstep of a famous TV personality on Christmas day. The 'quads' are put into advertising and are raised by the house staff. This story is a little like Ballet Shoe… OL10472200W
The painted garden The painted garden Noel Streatfeild This is a children's novel about an English family who travel to California. It focuses on the cross-grained Jane, whose personality alone lands her the role of Mary in a film version of *The Secret… OL10472216W
A vicarage family A vicarage family Noel Streatfeild The first book in famous children's writer (Ballet Shoes, Theatre Shoes) Noel Streatfeild's thinly-disguised four-volume book of memoirs. This volume covers her childhood as the second daughter of a … OL15422871W
Ballet Shoes (Shoes #1) Ballet Shoes (Shoes #1) Noel Streatfeild Pauline, Petrova and Posy are orphans determined to help out their family by attending the Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training. But when they vow to make a name for themselves, they have… OL20948342W
Circus Shoes Circus Shoes Noel Streatfeild Threatened with life in separate orphanages when their aunt dies, two children run away to search for their uncle who works for a circus and find that they can become a part of the hard work and colo… OL21109771W
White Boots White Boots Noel Streatfeild Can the friendship between Harriet, who skates for fun, and Lalla, future world champion, survive the threat from Lalla's formidable Aunt Claudia? OL21569677W
Family Shoes (Shoes #8) Family Shoes (Shoes #8) Noel Streatfeild A happy and loving family of varied capacities and ambitions work to find opportunities to fulfil their dreams in spite of limitations of their circumstances. When the children of Reverend Bell--Pau… OL3414753W
The first book of shoes The first book of shoes Noel Streatfeild A brief survey of the history and development of footwear. Examines the influence of shoes on tradition and legend; shows how shoe styles reveal much about their owners; and discusses the shoemaker a… OL3414756W
The first book of the opera The first book of the opera Noel Streatfeild Discusses the origins and history of opera, collaboration of composers, librettists, and orchestras, and the production of operas. Highlights several well-known operas. OL3414757W
On tour On tour Noel Streatfeild In 1920s England, Vicky becomes an actress. The third book in Streatfeild's barely-fictionalized four-book autobiography. OL3414772W
Theater Shoes (Shoes #4) Theater Shoes (Shoes #4) Noel Streatfeild Three orphans are forced to enter a theater school by their grandmother, a famous actress. Unable to pay the tuition, they are given scholarships from the now-grown orphans from Ballet Shoes. Will th… OL3414784W
When the sirens wailed When the sirens wailed Noel Streatfeild Rather than stay with a new family, three young evacuees try to return to their home in London after their country host dies suddenly. OL3414787W
Beyond the vicarage Beyond the vicarage Noel Streatfeild 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… OL3414797W
Theatre Shoes (Shoes #4) Theatre Shoes (Shoes #4) Noel Streatfeild Three orphans are forced to enter a theater school by their grandmother, a famous actress. Unable to pay the tuition, they are given scholarships from the now-grown orphans from Ballet Shoes. Will th… OL3414814W
White Boots White Boots Noel Streatfeild This is a children's book which has also been published as *Skating Shoes*. The doctor prescribes ice-skating to build up Harriet Johnson's strength after illness. Though her family is poor, her b… OL3414817W
The children on the top floor The children on the top floor Noel Streatfeild Four foundlings, left on a TV star's doorstep one Christmas morning, grow up amid the publicity of the television world and show that they can each find a future in the industry OL3414819W
Theater Shoes (Shoes #4) Theater Shoes (Shoes #4) Noel Streatfeild Three orphans are forced to enter a theater school by their grandmother, a famous actress. Unable to pay the tuition, they are given scholarships from the now-grown orphans from Ballet Shoes. Will th… OL3414825W
Skating Shoes (Shoes #7) Skating Shoes (Shoes #7) Noel Streatfeild Harriet Johnson has been ill for ages, her doctor has prescribed ice skating as a strengthening exercise. Her brothers scrape together money to join the local ice rink where she meets Lalla, who has… OL3414830W