Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE (24 December 1895–11 September 1986), was an English author, best known for children's books including the "Shoes" books, which were not a series (though some books made references to others). Random House, the U.S. publisher of the 1936 novel Ballet Shoes (1936), published some of Streatfeild's subsequent children's books using the word "Shoes" in their titles, to capitalize on the popularity of Ballet Shoes; thus Circus Shoes (originally called The Circus Is Coming), Party Shoes (originally called Party Frock), Skating Shoes (originally called White Boots) and many more. She won the third annual Carnegie Medal for Circus Shoes.[1] She was a member of the historic Streatfeild family.
Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television.
Biography
Noel Streatfeild was born in Sussex, the second of five[2][3] surviving children of William Champion Streatfeild, later the Bishop of Lewes, and Janet Venn. Her life is described in three semi-autobiographical novels: A Vicarage Family, Away from the Vicarage and Beyond the Vicarage. Her elder sister Ruth Gervis illustrated Ballet Shoes. Noel was considered the "plain" sister in her family, but she shone in performances with her sisters for charity. Upon reaching adulthood she sought a career in theatre, and gained ten years of experience as an actress, working for the Charles Doran and Arthur Bourchier companies. Her familiarity with the stage was the basis for many of her popular books for children, which are often about children struggling with careers in the arts.[4]
Her first children's book was Ballet Shoes, published by J. M. Dent in 1936. She recalled, "The story poured off my pen, more or less telling itself ... I distrusted what came easily and so despised the book."[5] It was a commended runner-up for the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best British children's book,[6][lower-alpha 1] and it launched a successful career in writing for children. For her third book and third "Shoes" novel, The Circus Is Coming (later published as Circus Shoes), she won the 1938 Carnegie Medal.[1]
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1983.[7]
In 1968 London Weekend Television produced a six-episode serial of The Growing Summer, with Wendy Hiller as Aunt Dymphna. It was filmed in Bantry (Bantry House), in Ahakista and near Kilcrohane on the Sheep's Head Peninsula in County Cork, Republic of Ireland.[citation needed]
Thursday's Child was adapted for television by the BBC in 1972.[9]
Noel Streatfeild also wrote 12 romance novels under the pen name "Susan Scarlett".[10]
Allusions in other works
Noel Streatfeild was recommended by Meg Ryan's character in the 1998 film You've Got Mail. "Noel Streatfeild wrote Ballet Shoes and Skating Shoes and Theatre Shoes and Dancing Shoes and...I'd start with Ballet Shoes first. It's my favorite ... although Skating Shoes is completely wonderful. But it's out of print."[11]
Works discovered posthumously
Two unpublished short stories by Streatfeild were set to be published by Virago Press in November 2018 and mid-2019 after they were discovered by Streatfeild's nephew, William Streatfeild, and Donna Coonan, the editorial director of Virago Press.[12]
Selected works
Children's fiction
Ballet Shoes (1936)
Tennis Shoes (1937)
The Circus Is Coming (1938), also published as Circus Shoes
The House in Cornwall (1940), also published in the US as The Secret of the Lodge (1940)
The Children of Primrose Lane (1941), also published as The Stranger in Primrose Lane
Curtain Up (1944), also published as Theater Shoes
Party Frock (1946), also published as Party Shoes
The Painted Garden (1949), significantly abridged and published in the U.S. as Movie Shoes
White Boots (1951), also published as Skating Shoes
The Fearless Treasure (1953)
The Bell Family (1954), also published as Family Shoes
Wintle's Wonders (1957), also published as Dancing Shoes
New Town (1961)
Apple Bough (1962), also published as Traveling Shoes
A Vicarage Family (1963)
The First Book of the Ballet (1963)
The Children on the Top Floor (1964)
Away from the Vicarage (1965)
The Growing Summer (1966), also published as The Magic Summer
Caldicott Place (1967), also published as The Family at Caldicott Place
The "Gemma" series (1968–69)
Thursday's Child (1970)
Beyond the Vicarage (1971)
Ballet Shoes for Anna (1972)
When the Siren Wailed (1974)
Far To Go (1976), sequel to Thursday's Child
Meet the Maitlands (1978)
The Maitlands: All Change at Cuckley Place (1979), sequel to the above
Magic and the Magician: E. Nesbit and her Children's Books (1958)
The Boy Pharaoh, Tutankhamen (1972)
Tea by the Nursery Fire (1976)
Edited
Growing up Gracefully (1955), illustrated by John Dugan
The Day Before Yesterday: Firsthand Stories of Fifty Years Ago (1956), illustrated by Dick Hart
To the Garden of Delights (1960)
Ancestry and descendants
Ancestors of Noel Streatfeild
16. Rev Thomas Streatfeild
8. William Champion Streatfeild
17. Harriet Champion
4. "Rev William Champion Streatfeild"
18. Joseph Fry
9. Hannah Fry
19. Elizabeth Gurney
2. Rt Rev "William Champion Streatfeild"
20. William Leveson-Gower
10. William Leveson-Gower
21. Katherine Maria Gresham
5. Selina Leveson-Gower
22. Francis Hastings Doyle
11. Emily Josephine Eliza Doyle
23. Diana Elizabeth Milner
1. Mary Noel Streatfeild
24. John Venn
12. Henry Venn
25. Katherine King
6. Henry Venn
26. Nicholas Sykes
13. Martha Sykes
27. Mary Cam
3. Janet Mary Venn
28. General Sir Augustus De Butts KCH
14. William Minchin de Butts
29. Anna Maria Minchin
7. Isabel Louisa de Butts
30. Joseph Dobinson
15. Eliza Dobinson
31. Isabella Logan
See also
Portals:
Children's literatureArts
Notes
Today there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist.
According to CCSU there were about 160 commended runners up for 1936 and the 49 years from 1954 to 2002, including Streatfeild and Howard Spring for 1936.
References
(Carnegie Winner 1938)Archived 5 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
Eccleshare, Julia (2002). Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter. Great Britain: National Portrait Gallery Publications. p.48. ISBN1-85514-342-9.
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