The Bell Family
  • Published: 6 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9781448182732
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368

The Bell Family

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6 Mar 2014
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1 May 2014
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A charming tale of life in the Bell Family from the much-loved author of Ballet Shoes

If you love Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoes,you’ll adore The Bell Family.

'Well, little people, what's the news?’

Meet the big, happy Bell family who live in the vicarage at St Marks. Father is a reverend, Mother is as kind as kind can be. Then there's all the children – practical Paul, dancing Jane, mischievous Ginnie, and finally the baby of the family, Angus, whose ambition is to own a private zoo (he has already begun with his six boxes of caterpillars). And not forgetting Esau, a surefire competitor for the most beautiful dog in Britain.

Follow their eventful lives from tense auditions to birthday treats; from troubled times to hilarious escapades.

Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can find out which one of the Bell children you most resemble!

Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from Peter Pan and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
  • Published: 6 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9781448182732
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 368
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About the author

Noel Streatfeild

Noel Streatfeild was born in Amberley, Sussex in 1895. Her first novel, Ballet Shoes, is her best-known book but she went on to write many well-loved books for children, including Circus Shoes which won the Carnegie Medal in 1938. In 1983 she was honoured for her contribution to children's publishing when she was awarded an OBE. She died in 1986.

Also by Noel Streatfeild

Penguin Readers Level 2: Ballet Shoes (ELT Graded Reader)
Party Shoes
Christmas with the Chrystals & Other Stories
A Vicarage Family
Circus Shoes
Tennis Shoes
Theatre Shoes
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Praise for The Bell Family

Noel Streatfeild has that happy, skillful knack of turning her characters into real people – something which only really good novelists can do. A first-rate book

BBC Children’s Hour

Noel Streatfeild’s position in the children’s book world is unique. She is endlessly inventive, full of verve and real understanding of the surfaces of childhood. Her stories are rich in documentary interest and entertainment, escapism of a most satisfying sort

Times Literary Supplement