Family Shoes
10 best books like Family Shoes (Noel Streatfeild): Midnight Is a Place, Sport, Thursday's Children, The Return of the Twelves, Sue Barton, Senior Nurse, Lights Out for the Territory: 9 Excursions in the Secret History of London, The Four-Story Mistake, Henry Reed's Babysitting Service, New Treasure Seekers, The Peterkin Papers
| Author | Joan Aiken |
| ISBN | 0618196250 |
Lucas Bell is lonely and miserable at Midnight Court, a vast, brooding house owned by his intolerable guardian, Sir Randolph Grimsby. When a mysterious carriage brings a visitor to the house, Lucas hopes he’s found a friend at last. But the newcomer, Anna Marie, is unfriendly and spoiled—and...
| Author | Louise Fitzhugh |
| ISBN | 0440418186 |
Eleven-year-old Sport Rocque is living a happy life, keeping his father's absentmindedness under control and managing the family budget. When Kate, Sport's new and nice stepmother, enters the picture, things couldn't be better. Then comes the news: Sport's wealthy grandfather has just died and...
| Author | Rumer Godden |
| ISBN | 0440987903 |
Books about ballet I read whenever I find them, and this one, I simply inhaled. I don't know why I didn't come across this one years ago--but then Rumer Godden has not always been a easy find in this country; by the time I was cruising the library shelves, a lot of her books had gone the way of the library discard...
| Author | Pauline Clarke |
| ISBN | 0698201175 |
Beneath a floorboard in the old farmhouse into which his family has just moved, eight-year-old Max Morley discovers twelve time-worn wooden soldiers. Under his careful watch, the "Twelves" come to life, each possessing a name and a distinct personality. As Max soon learns, they share a history filled...
| Author | Helen Dore Boylston |
| ISBN | 0340024631 |
Sue Barton has been at the hospital for two years and was now a Senior Nurse. Sue knew it was the most important period of her career so far, but she soon found she had to cope with a personal conflict. On one hand there was her involvement with her work, and on the other - her feelings for the young doctor, Bill...
Lights Out for the Territory: 9 Excursions in the Secret History of London
| Author | Iain Sinclair |
| ISBN | 1862070091 |
I liked parts of this book. Sinclair knows his way round a sentence and I enjoyed his self-conscious prose. However, this is more a collection of fairly fragmented essays on obscure artists, poets and film-makers, tied together with the vague conceit of the author as a tongue-in-cheek Flâneur in London....
| Author | Elizabeth Enright |
| ISBN | 0805070613 |
Following on from the first book, the Melendy family move from the city to the countryside to live in a house called The Four-Story Mistake. Some of the family were sad to leave New York but soon they all discover the space and the freedom and a whole new load of adventures.
We loved following the...
| Author | Keith Robertson |
| ISBN | 0140341463 |
Henry Reed has another sure-fire money-making plan--but the kids of Grover's Corner have plans of their own
An intelligent person like Henry should have no problem riding herd on the town's toddlers. But Henry's never tangled with such monsters as daredevil Danny, whose stunts keep Henry...
| Author | E. Nesbit |
| ISBN | 0140367667 |
The well-meaning but accident-prone Bastable siblings are given another outing by Edith Nesbit, following on from the success of
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
(1899) and
The Wouldbegoods
(1900). We reacquaint ourselves with the 'anonymous' author Oswald, with all his familiar malapropisms...
| Author | Lucretia P. Hale |
| ISBN | 1590172124 |
Before Amelia Bedelia and the Stupids there were the Peterkins. The Peterkin Papers collects all of Lucretia Hale’s beloved tales of a thoroughly silly family.
The Peterkin Papers record the antics of the most memorably and hopelessly bumbling of respectable American families. Confronted...
| Author | Jane Langton |
| ISBN | 0064401243 |
When Prince Krishna is called away, he leaves behind some strict instructions for the Hall children about one of the openings in the mysterious summerhouse: Keep Out! As Eddy and Eleanor swing through each of the other openings, they refuse to break the rule, even as their temptation grows. But when...
| Author | Arthur Ransome |
| ISBN | 1903252164 |
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important,...
| Author | Carolyn Haywood |
| ISBN | 0152051015 |
Carolyn Haywood's stories about her irrepressible character Betsy have never been out of print, and now, thanks to dynamic new covers, the Betsy books will find their way onto the bookshelves of modern young readers--and into the hearts of a whole new generation.
Third grade begins with...
| Author | Mindy Warshaw Skolsky |
| ISBN | 0064407462 |
Hannah's best friend, Aggie, moves away and doesn't answer a single one of her letters. Determined to find a new pen pal, Hannah picks an address from a box on her teacher's desk. It's a boy, but his first letter is so dopey, Hannah isn't even going to answer it. Instead, she writes to President Roosevelt....
| Author | Michael Bond |
| ISBN | 1845093186 |
Paddington is definitely not just for kids. I read these as a child and loved them and they are just as wonderful now. I enjoyed the nostalgic element of remembering winters where pipes could freeze ( whilst feeling cozy in my centrally heated house!) and Paddington does remind us of a simpler time. It’s...
| Author | P.G. Wodehouse |
| ISBN | 1585676608 |
This romantic narrative set on either side of the Atlantic is a true tale of its time. First published in 1920, Jill the Reckless commences in the better circles of London society. Jill Mariner is engaged to Derek Underhill. Both of these young people are well to do and Derek has a title to boot! What better...
| Author | Jean Estoril |
| ISBN | 0590425587 |
This book takes us back to the level of the first two, in my opinion. Not only is Drina back to her normal self - except for maybe a chapter and a half of undue wallowing - but it also introduces two new characters I love - Ilonka and Igor. Ilonka is a refugee from a fictional country under Soviet rule behind the...
Three Go to the Chalet School
| Author | Elinor M. Brent-Dyer |
| ISBN | 0006915612 |
When Madge Bettany decides to start a school in the Austrian Alps, little does she realize how such a small idea will so completely change her life. Now, in this classic series of books, first published in the 1920s, join the Chalet School's first pupil, Joey Bettany, as she forges strong bonds of friendship...
