Comments on: Forgotten Gems: Two Childhood Favorites Revisited

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 21:22:08 +0000

Thank You for the reviews. We have a few of Noel Streatfeild’s books. I have a few but not all. Your posts are always enjoyable and such a treat.
Marilyn

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:50:06 +0000

I enjoyed this review post. You always give a superb review. Thank You Anna Rose
Joan

By: Marion

Marion — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:05:24 +0000

Anna Rose your posts are always so informative. You take us readers right to the heart of the book and make the reader want to run and grab a copy of the book being reviewed. The “Ballet Shoes” is another nice read by Noel Streatfeild. We have a soft cover version and later purchased a hard cover at a Library book sale.
Enjoy the books you are reading.

By: Linda Sammaritan

Linda Sammaritan — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:55:48 +0000

I cant wait to read about the Caldicotts! It amazes me the number of vintage books available. On Scriblerians.com, I do similar reviews called Vintage Reads. From your photo at the top, the only one of those books I’ve written about was The Hundred Dresses. It’s great to meet another person with the heart of the vintage reader!

By: Tanya van Hasselt

Tanya van Hasselt — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:37:42 +0000

Thanks for this lovely review! The sense of connectedness all over the world through our lifelong enjoyment of Noel Streatfeild’s books is so happy-making. I love the way she shows children overcoming difficulties, developing strength of character and supporting each other, while being thoroughly natural and faulty, so that we could always identify with them. And I agree about the ending to Caldicott Place – it’s perfect.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:48:19 +0000

It’s great to see others reading and loving the same books I did/do. Dancing Shoes is my favorite Streatfield. I can remember buying a copy in the 1950s or 60s which was rarer – books like that came from the library, not from stores!
I did own the Cherry Ames books (they must have been fairly inexpensive- and libraries did not have those series books) and family legend had it that I had many memorized.
Beany Malone series was yet another favorites. Good to see they are still around and being read.