Circus Shoes Gus the clown is Peter and Santa's only living relative, and escape to the circus seems a better idea to them than an orphanage. Their grandfather and father before them had been top players, and the twins are champion material. There is no doubt about it - the Heath children have tennis in their blood. Does Harriet want to save their friendship more than she wants to skate? Tennis Shoes Tennis Shoes is one of the wonderful 'Shoes' collection of adventures for children by Noel Streatfeild. Now Harriet is getting better and better on the ice, and Lalla doesn’t like it. She isn’t much good at it, until she meets Lalla Moore, a young skating star. Sent to live with her in bombed-out, wartime London, they soon discovered that they were expected to follow in the family footsteps - to the footlights -! White Boots “If you pass your inter-silver, I’ll tell Aunt Claudia that I don’t want to work with you any more.” Harriet is told that she must take up ice-skating in order to improve her health. Theatre Shoes Every family has its secrets, but it was a huge surprise to the three young Forbeses, fresh from a country vicarage, to discover that their grandmother was a famous actress. The girls grow up in comfort until their money begins to run out and nobody can find Great Uncle Matthew. All three were adopted as babies by Great Uncle Matthew, an eccentric and rich explorer who then disappeared, leaving them in the care of his niece Sylvia.
Description:- Ballet Shoes Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are sisters - with a difference. She died in 1986.Noel Streatfeild Collection 5 Books Set includes titles in this collection :- Ballet Shoes, Theatre Shoes, White Boots, Tennis Shoes, Circus Shoes. According to her publisher, Penguin, fans lined up "right out of the building and all the way down the Mall" when she visited Puffin exhibitions. She was one of the earliest winners of the Carnegie Medal and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1983. She quickly became one of the most popular authors of her day.
She began writing children's books in 1931, and Ballet Shoes was published in 1936. Although she was considered the plain sister, she ended up leading the most glamorous and exciting life! After working in munitions factories and canteens for the armed forces when World War I broke out, Noel followed her dream of being onstage and went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she became a professional actress. Noel Streatfeild was born in Sussex, England, in 1895 and was one of three sisters.
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