Skating Shoes, Noel Streatfeild
Skating Shoes, Noel Streatfeild
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Skating Shoes

Author: Noel Streatfeild

Narrator: Lucy Scott

Unabridged: 6 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2024

Synopsis

A skating champion. An unlikely friendship. A fateful pair of white boots. Read the classic that has captivated generations! 

It's a stroke of great luck when Harriet Johnson’s doctor prescribes skating after an illness that has left her feeling frail and listless. For on her very first day at the rink, Harriet meets orphaned Lalla Moore, who is being brought up by her wealthy aunt Claudia to be a skating champion. Although they have little in common, the girls form a fast friendship. Harriet is energized by talented, funny Lalla, and Lalla in turn blossoms under the affection of openhearted Harriet. The girls skate together more and more. But just as Lalla’s interest in skating starts to fade, Harriet’s natural talent begins to emerge. Suddenly Lalla and Harriet seem headed in two very different directions. Can their friendship survive?

This beloved children's classic is the perfect gift for girls who dream of spending days at the ice rink and becoming a figure skating champion. Adult readers may remember the "Shoes" books from You've Got Mail!

About The Author

Noel Streatfeild was born on Christmas Eve 1895. From an early age she was drawn to the stage. After studying at the Academy of Dramatic Art, Noel spent most of the 1920s traveling with various acting troupes throughout Great Britain, South Africa, and Australia. In the 1930s she turned her attention to writing for adults and children, starting with Ballet Shoes. Many of her books were inspired by her devotion to the performing arts. She died in 1986 at the age of ninety.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trish on January 11, 2019

I found out about Noel Streatfeild's Shoe Books through one of my most favourite movies, You've Got Mail. I had no idea what exactly they are about but wanted to read at least one nevertheless. The only problem with this story? It's not actually true. Without knowing it, I had known the very first o......more

Goodreads review by nancy on March 03, 2010

Top Nine Reasons I Love Skating Shoes & Am Grateful I Read It Again: 1) It was one of my favorite books as a child and it still holds up. 2) It has lines like this: “During the last six months the little girl Harriet, without her noticing it, had disappeared and a new Harriet had taken her place. A......more

Goodreads review by Darla on January 26, 2021

A cornucopia of family, friends, and figure skating. Harriet Johnson is in need of some good old-fashioned exercise. Her doctor prescribes skating, and with some assistance from the local rink owner Harriet is soon out on the ice. Fortunately, local phenom Lalla is on hand to encourage Harriet and g......more

Goodreads review by Girl with her Head in a Book on September 18, 2020

For my full review: [URL not allowed] It has long been my belief that you never read the same book twice and so it was when I sat down to reread White Boots. The last time I picked it up would have been during the late 1990s but in the depths of lockdown, Noel Streatfeild seeme......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on January 19, 2023

So much to love in this one! My very favorite thing is the characters who surround the two girls, especially Uncle David, Olivia, Nana, Miss Goldthorpe, and Harriet’s three brothers. I love that lonely Lalla gets to belong to Harriet’s family and that Harriet benefits from the things Lalla’s househo......more

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