But then, I suppose with Streatfeild, it always sort of is. There’s more of a story, and the ending is too soon. It’s a good fragment, and a delightful read, yet it’s a fragment shorn from something bigger. There’s a great, immense book here that could have been something rather brilliant, I suspect, but we only get to see a fragment of it. It finishes far too soon and almost offhandedly. The big difficulty about Tennis Shoes comes with its structure. Mary Noel Streatfeild, known as Noel Streatfeild, was an author best known and loved for her childrens books, including Ballet Shoes and Circus Shoes. There’s much here in the family and sibling dynamics that reminded me of A Vicarage Family both books have this kind of delightful rich, direct tone about them. Association Member: ABAA ILAB Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good US 7. Nicky, here, is spectacularly irritating but also spectacularly brilliant. Theatre Shoes Streatfeild, Noel Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1985 ISBN 10: 0385293992 ISBN 13: 9780385293990 Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, U.S.A. There’s always a part of me that loves the complex child in these stories because they are, so often, the richest of characters. The family is immense, close, loving, annoying, and the children are delights. It’s a madly readable book written in that relaxed, rich style of Streatfeild. It was time for the rich books, the books of tumultous family and bright, hard-working children that don’t jib and don’t jibe but just do, yet never, somehow, irritate. For me, it came earlier this week with the sight of Tennis Shoes on a library trolley, and then, as I read it and the evenings started to twist around the end of Summer and things like Yorkshire puddings and joints of beef found their way into the fridge, I realised that it was most definitely Streatfeild season and it was good. Streatfeild season comes when you least expect it.
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