What is Noel Streatfeild's full name?
Mary Noel Streatfeild
Noel Streatfeild nickname(s):
Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE
Noel Streatfeild date of birth:
December 24, 1895
How old was Noel Streatfeild when died?
90
Where was Noel Streatfeild born?
Sussex, England
When did Noel Streatfeild die?
September 11, 1986
What is Noel Streatfeild nationality?
English
What is Noel Streatfeild's occupation?
Author
Noel Streatfeild claim to fame:
Ballet Shoes
Short Biography
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. Random House, the U.S. publisher of the 1936 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, " "Party Shoes" (in Britain, "Party Frock"). She won the third annual Carnegie Medal for The Circus Is Coming, also published as Circus Shoes. She was a member of the historic Streatfeild family.