In this novel by the author of 'Thursday's Child', 'White Boots', 'Apple Bough' and 'The Growing Summer', Anna is forbidden to dance. For Anna, everything takes second place to her desire to dance and she will do anything to become the ballerina she longs to be.
In this novel by the author of 'Thursday's Child', 'White Boots', 'Apple Bough' and 'The Growing Summer', Anna is forbidden to dance. For Anna, everyt...
Alife in service, from nursery maid to head nanny, in Victorian and Edwardian England a must for fans of"Downton Abbey"and"Upstairs Downstairs"
Emily Huckwell spent almost her entire life working for one family. Born in a tiny Sussex village in the 1870s, she went into domestic service in the Burton household before she was 12, earning 5 a year. She began as a nursery maid, progressing to under nurse and then head nanny, looking after two generations of children. One of the children in her care was the father of Noel Streatfeild, the author of "Ballet Shoes" and one of the best-loved...
Alife in service, from nursery maid to head nanny, in Victorian and Edwardian England a must for fans of"Downton Abbey"and"Upstairs Downstairs"
In this work, Streatfeild casually and intuitively anticipates many of the findings of developmental psychology over the past 50 years. A study of the disintegration of middle-class family during the turmoil of the Second World War, 'Saplings' was a ten-part serial on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.
In this work, Streatfeild casually and intuitively anticipates many of the findings of developmental psychology over the past 50 years. A study of the...
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 find Great Uncle Matthew.Things look bleak until they hit on an inspired idea: Pauline, Petrova and Posy will take to the stage. But it's not long before the Fossils learn that being a star isn't as easy as they first thought...
Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are sisters - with a difference. All three were adopted as babies by Great Uncle Matthew, an eccentric and rich explo...
Gus the clown is Peter and Santa's only living relative, and escape to the circus seems a better idea to them than an orphanage. But Gus will keep the children only if they make themselves useful - and they have to fight hard to really belong to the circus.
Gus the clown is Peter and Santa's only living relative, and escape to the circus seems a better idea to them than an orphanage. But Gus will keep the...
There is no doubt about it - the Heath children have tennis in their blood. Their grandfather and father before them had been top players, and the twins are champion material. Then Nicky - cheeky, rebellious Nicky - starts to practise in secret, but talented at tennis as she is, the ambitious Nicky first has battles to win with herself.
There is no doubt about it - the Heath children have tennis in their blood. Their grandfather and father before them had been top players, and the twi...
Every family has its secrets, but it was a huge surprise to the three young Forbeses, fresh from a country vicarage, to discover that their grandmother was a famous actress. Sent to live with her in bombed-out, wartime London, they soon discovered that they were expected to follow in the family footsteps - to the footlights.
Every family has its secrets, but it was a huge surprise to the three young Forbeses, fresh from a country vicarage, to discover that their grandmothe...
The author of children s classic Ballet Shoes delights with a best-loved story of ice skating rivalry
If you pass your inter-silver, I ll tell Aunt Claudia that I don t want to work with you any more.
Harriet is told that she must take up ice-skating in order to improve her health. She isn t much good at it, until she meets Lalla Moore, a young skating star. Now Harriet is getting better and better on the ice, and Lalla doesn t like it. Does Harriet want to save their friendship more than she wants to skate?"
The author of children s classic Ballet Shoes delights with a best-loved story of ice skating rivalry
A fictionalized autobiography in which the author 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.
A fictionalized autobiography in which the author tells the story of her own childhood, painting a poignant and vivid picture of daily life in an impo...