Noel Streatfeild's Christmas Stories

Picked this up on Kindle deal last year, I think, and promptly forgot about it until yesterday! What a treat! If you were as obsessed by her "Shoes" books as I was as a kid, this is just what you need. A collection of stories published in children's magazines in the '40's and '50's, here are little......more

Beautiful. Streatfeild was my favourite author as a child having written Ballet Shoes and I adored all these short stories just as much. Highly recommend it!......more

This is EXACTLY the sort of book I want to read at Christmastime! Heartwarming, sweet, uplifting short stories featuring realistic people in realistic situations that are treated with humor and kindness. My favorite stories were "The Moss Rose," "The Princess," "The Chain," and "Christmas at Collers......more

This is absolutely delightful. I'm not saying they showcase the best of Noel Streatfeild (you need Ballet Shoes for that), but they're warm and festive and full of The True Spirit of Christmas, and I'm not ashamed to say that several made me weep a little bit! The book itself is beautiful, with love......more

“It was extraordinary how easily a farmhouse egg, followed by a mince pie, went down, even at a time of unutterable grief” . . . Ballet shoes was one of my favourite books as a child, mainly because I loved to dance. I loved the rhythms of tap, the discipline of ballet and the sheer exuberant freedom of......more