Quotes by Noel Streatfeild

About Noel Streatfeild:

Mary Noel Streatfeild 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.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

It might have all the same; you never can tell what's magic.

Noel Streatfeild

There is no doubt a new dress is a help under all circumstances.

Noel Streatfeild

During the last six months the little girl Harriet, without her noticing it, had disappeared and a new Harriet had taken her place. A Harriet who looked much the same outside, but was more of a person inside.

Noel Streatfeild

It's about that applause I want to speak to you. I want you to remember that when you've done a little dance or a song or sketch, the applause which you get is not only because you yourself have done your best, but because each of those men is seeing...

Noel Streatfeild

Author Bio

  • NameNoel Streatfeild
  • DescriptionBritish children's author 1895-1986
  • AliasesMary Noel Streatfeild; Noelle Sonning
  • BornDecember 24, 1895
  • DiedSeptember 11, 1986
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksBallet Shoes; The Circus Is Coming; Curtain Up; The Painted Garden; White Boots; Wintle's Wonders; Saplings
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire