Noel Streatfeild's first published piece of writing was a short
story for children.
The following is a very incomplete list of the numerous short
stories she wrote.
TITLE |
PUBLICATION |
COMMENTS |
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Bluebell
Bloggs |
Soho Centenary
1844-1944 |
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A Dress
Occasion |
Best Children's
Stories of the Year. Number 2. (c1947) |
|
Understudy |
The Children's
Own Treasure Book (1947) The Children's Hour,
Volume 13 - Roads to Adventure (1953) Acting,
Acting, Acting (1962 - ed. Lee Wyndham) |
Later republished
in a shortened form as "The Secret" (see below) |
Banton's
Circus |
The Children's
Wonder Book in Colour (1949) |
|
The Audition |
Daily Mail
Annual for Boys and Girls (c1949) |
|
The Pantomime
Goose |
Daily Mail
Annual for Boys and Girls (c1950) |
|
The Pantomime |
Collins Magazine
Annual (1950) Collins Girl's Annual
(1958) Ballet Stories (1982 - ed. Ian Woodward) |
|
Thimble |
Uncle Mac's
Children's Hour Story Book (c1950) |
|
The Moss
Rose |
Every Girl’s
Annual (c1950) |
|
Chicken for
Supper |
BBC Children's
Annual (c1951) |
|
The Bells
Keep Twelfth Night |
BBC Children's
Hour Annual (1950s) |
About the characters
from The Bell Family |
Skating
to the Stars |
Daily Mail
Annual for Boys and Girls (1952) |
Mentions a character
from White Boots |
Flag's
Circus |
I Spy Annual
(1954) |
|
The Skaters |
BBC Children's
Annual (1955) |
About the characters
from White Boots |
Coralie |
Noel
Streatfeild's Ballet Annual (1959) |
Features characters
from Ballet Shoes |
Ordinary Me |
Noel
Streatfeild's Ballet Annual (1959) |
Features characters
from White Boots |
The Secret |
Noel
Streatfeild's Ballet Annual (1959) |
Shortened version
of earlier story "Understudy" (see above) |
Too Tall
for Ballet |
Noel
Streatfeild's Ballet Annual (1959) |
Comic strip |
The Princess |
Dancers, Dancers,
Dancers (1961 - ed. Lee Wyndham) |
|
The TV
Quiz |
Girl Annual
(1963) |
|
Howard |
Miscellany
Three (1966) |
|
The Quiet
Holiday |
Winter's Tales
for Children 4 (1968 - ed. M. R. Hodgkin) |
|
The Sampler |
The Friday
Miracle and Other Stories (1969 - ed. Kaye Webb) |
|
Lil Bean's
Story |
4th Dimension
(1973) |
This annual was
based on a popular Radio 4 series. |
What Happened
to Pauline, Petrova and Posy |
The
Noel Streatfeild Christmas Holiday Book (1973) |
About the characters
from Ballet Shoes |
The Plain
One |
Puffin's Pleasure
(1976) |
|
Green Silk |
The
Noel Streatfeild Weekend Story Book (1977) |
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