Mary Noel StreatfeildOBE/ˈnoʊəlˈstrɛtfiːld/ (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 The Circus Is Coming.[1] She was a member of the historic Streatfeild family.
Noel Streatfeild, 1936
Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television.
Mary Noel Streatfeild was born in Frant, Sussex, the second of five[2][3] surviving children of William Champion Streatfeild, later the Bishop of Lewes, and Janet Mary 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][a] 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]
Noel Streatfeild also wrote 12 romance novels under the pen name "Susan Scarlett".[10]
Allusions in other worksEdit
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 posthumouslyEdit
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]
^ 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.
ReferencesEdit
^ ab (Carnegie Winner 1938) 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.
^Harriet Jordan. "Noel Streatfeild's Life: Childhood". Retrieved 12 August 2009.
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Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE ˈ n oʊ e l ˈ s t r ɛ t f iː l d 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 The Circus Is Coming 1 She was a member of the historic Streatfeild family Noel Streatfeild 1936Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television Contents 1 Biography 2 Adaptations 3 Allusions in other works 4 Works discovered posthumously 5 Selected works 6 Ancestry and descendants 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksBiography EditMary Noel Streatfeild was born in Frant Sussex the second of five 2 3 surviving children of William Champion Streatfeild later the Bishop of Lewes and Janet Mary 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 a 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 Adaptations EditAunt Clara was filmed in 1954 with Margaret Rutherford in the title role 8 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 Ballet Shoes was made into a 6 episode television series by the BBC in 1975 In 2007 it was made into a feature length film for BBC One A Granada production Ballet Shoes was adapted by the screenwriter Heidi Thomas and starred Emilia Fox as Sylvia Brown Victoria Wood as Nana Emma Watson as Pauline Fossil Yasmin Paige as Petrova Fossil Lucy Boynton as Posy Fossil and Richard Griffiths as Great Uncle Matthew Noel Streatfeild also wrote 12 romance novels under the pen name Susan Scarlett 10 Allusions in other works EditNoel 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 EditTwo 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 EditChildren s fictionBallet 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 aboveAdult fictionThe Whicharts 1931 Parson s Nine 1932 Tops and Bottoms 1933 A Shepherdess of Sheep 1934 It Pays to Be Good 1936 Caroline England 1937 Luke 1939 The Winter is Past 1940 I Ordered a Table for Six 1942 Myra Carroll 1944 Saplings 1945 Grass in Piccadilly 1947 Mothering Sunday 1950 Aunt Clara 1952 made into a 1954 film of the same title Judith 1956 The Silent Speaker 1961 Adult fiction under the pseudonym Susan ScarlettClothes Pegs 1939 Sally Ann 1939 Peter and Paul 1940 Ten Way Street 1940 The Man in the Dark 1940 Babbacombe 1941 Under the Rainbow 1941 Summer Pudding 1943 Murder While You Work 1944 Poppies for England 1947 Pirouette 1948 Love in a Mist 1951 NonfictionThe Years of Grace 1950 Queen Victoria 1958 Magic and the Magician E Nesbit and her Children s Books 1958 The Boy Pharaoh Tutankhamen 1972 Tea by the Nursery Fire 1976 EditedGrowing 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 EditAncestors of Noel Streatfeild16 Rev Thomas Streatfeild8 William Champion Streatfeild17 Harriet Champion4 Rev William Champion Streatfeild18 Joseph Fry9 Hannah Fry19 Elizabeth Gurney2 Rt Rev William Champion Streatfeild20 William Leveson Gower10 William Leveson Gower21 Katherine Maria Gresham5 Selina Leveson Gower22 Francis Hastings Doyle11 Emily Josephine Eliza Doyle23 Diana Elizabeth Milner1 Mary Noel Streatfeild24 John Venn12 Henry Venn25 Katherine King6 Henry Venn26 Nicholas Sykes13 Martha Sykes27 Mary Cam3 Janet Mary Venn28 General Sir Augustus De Butts KCH14 William Minchin de Butts29 Anna Maria Minchin7 Isabel Louisa de Butts30 Joseph Dobinson15 Eliza Dobinson31 Isabella LoganSee also EditPortals nbsp Children s literature nbsp ArtsNotes Edit 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 Edit a b 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 ISBN 1 85514 342 9 Harriet Jordan Noel Streatfeild s Life Childhood Retrieved 12 August 2009 Bull Angela Noel Streatfeild Collins 1984 ISBN 978 0001950443 Children s Literature An Illustrated History New York Oxford University Press 1995 p 220 Carnegie Medal Award 2007 Curriculum Lab Elihu Burritt Library Central Connecticut State University CCSU Retrieved 2012 08 22 Supplement to The London Gazette The London Gazette Supplement No 49212 30 December 1982 p 12 Jones Will 6 August 1977 Film series honors Margaret Rutherford Star Tribune Minneapolis Minnesota p 21 Alistair D McGown Mark J Docherty 2003 The Hill and Beyond Children s Television Drama An Encyclopedia British Film Institute pp 74 75 Noel Streatfeild Adult fiction You ve Got Mail at IMDb Two New Collections by the Author of Ballet Shoes Will Be Published The New York Times 25 April 2018 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 31 May 2018 External links EditThe Noel Streatfeild homepage Collecting Books and Magazines Biography and images of early editions of Streatfeild s books A brief biography at elliemik com The Gemma Books by Noel Streatfeild from the h2g2 Edited Guide Entry The Fossil Cupboard The Noel Streatfeild discussion board The Whicharts at Margin Notes Books Noel Streatfeild at Library of Congress with 105 library catalogue records Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Noel Streatfeild amp oldid 1172530377, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
