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A Vicarage Family by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Classics
A Vicarage Family is the first part in a fictionalized autobiography in which Noel Streatfeild tells the story of her own childhood, painting a poignant and vivid picture of daily life in an impoverished, genteel family in the years leading up to the First World War. In the story there are three little ...Show more
Apple Bough by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Junior Fiction
So your brother's a world-famous violinist? That's amazing! Or is it? The Forums are a musical family, and one child, Sebastian, shines out as a prodigy. He is a brilliant violinist and when his talent is recognised, he is wanted the world over. Myra, Wolfgang (named after Mozart) and Ettie thought it ...Show more
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Children's | Series: The\Shoe Bks.
Three orphan girls. A pair of pink slippers. A lifetime in the spotlight. Read the classic that has captivated generations Pauline, Petrova, and Posy love their quiet life together. They are orphans who have been raised as sisters, and when their new family needs money, the girls want to help. They ...Show more
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Children's Classic Fiction
Pauline, was rescued from a shipwreck as a baby. She longs to be an actress. Petrova, is a Russian orphan. She is happiest when playing with cars and engines. Polly was handed over with just a pair of ballet shoes to her name. If she could, she would dance all day! But one thing they do have in common i ...Show more
Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Classic | Series: Puffin Bks.
Pauline, was rescued from a shipwreck as a baby. She longs to be an actress. Petrova, is a Russian orphan. She is happiest when playing with cars and engines. Polly was handed over with just a pair of ballet shoes to her name. If she could, she would dance all day! But one thing they do have in common i ...Show more
Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage (Collector's Library) by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Children's Classic Fiction
Pauline, Petrova and Posy are found as orphaned babies in different parts of the world by eccentric fossil collector and explorer Great-Uncle Matthew - 'Gum'. He adopts them, takes them to his London home and leaves them in the care of his niece Sylvia and the family Nurse. Then off he goes. At first th ...Show more
Ballet Shoes (Anniversary Edition) by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Children's Classic Fiction
'I wonder ...if other girls had to be one of us, which of us they'd choose to be'? Pauline longs to be an actress. Petrova is happiest playing with cars and engines. And if she could ...Posy would dance all day! But when their benefactor Great-Uncle Matthew disappears, the Fossil girls share a future of ...Show more
Ballet Shoes CD by Noel Streatfeild
Category: unmapped
This is a full cast dramatisation of the classic children' book. Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are not really sisters - even their surname is invented since Great Uncle Matthew (GUM) adopted each of them on his various fossil-hunting trips. When the trio decide to 'put our name in the history books b ...Show more
Ballet Shoes (HB) by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Children's
Illus. in black-and-white. Charming illustrations bring new life to thisclassic about three self-sufficient orphans who set out to make a name forthemselves in the world of show business. Originally published in 1937 andunavailable in hardcover for a decade, "Ballet Shoes" is the first andbest-loved of ...Show more
Ballet Shoes (HB) by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Junior Fiction
Pauline, Petrova and Posy are found as orphaned babies in different parts of the world by eccentric fossil collector and explorer Gum. He adopts them, takes them to his London home and leaves them in the care of his niece Sylvia and the family Nurse. Then off he goes to continue his exploring, saying th ...Show more
Ballet Shoes (Puffin Modern Classics) by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: A\Puffin Book Ser.
Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are sisters - with a difference. 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. The girls grow up in comfort until their money begins to run out and nobody can fi ...Show more