Noel Streatfeild used her background in theater as the basis of many of her children’s books. Ballet Shoes was her most famous work, so many of her other books were later re-titled to include ‘shoes’.
Have you read any of the “Shoes” books?
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Featuring … E. Nesbit!
E. Nesbit was a prolific author, credited for inventing the children’s adventure story. Her books often included a blend of realism and the fantastical, which inspired future writers such as C. S. Lewis, P. L. Travers, and J. K. Rowling.
Have you read any books by E. Nesbit?
Featuring … P. L. Travers!
P. L. Travers was a Shakespearean actress, a poet, a dancer, and a world traveler. Her famous character, Mary Poppins, was partly inspired by her great aunt Helen. The last book in the series released when she was 89 years old.
Have you ever read Mary Poppins?
Featuring … E.B. White!
E.B. White started writing fiction for his niece, Janice. His first book, Stuart Little, wasn’t very popular, but his second, Charlotte’s Web, was a big hit and won many literary and reader’s choice awards.
Have you read all three of E.B. White’s books?
Featuring … Beverly Cleary!
Beverly Cleary was a children’s librarian before she became an author. She wanted to write books that readers would be able to identify with, and became a trend-setter in realistic children’s fiction.
Which Beverly Cleary book is your favorite?
Villainous Offspring
Years ago, all the evil villains were banished to the Isle of the Lost, stripped of their powers and locked behind a force field. But hidden in the mysterious Forbidden Fortress is a dragon’s eye: the key to true darkness and the villains’ only hope of escape. Only the cleverest, evilest, nastiest villain can find it. And Maleficent’s daughter, Mal, has a plan to take it for herself.
Descendants of Storytellers
Ferryport Landing is a place where fairy tale creatures live alongside humans in peace. Well, sometimes. When crime’s afoot, it’s up to detectives, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, to investigate.
Son of a Legend
Orphaned Ray falls in with sideshow performers who turn out to be heroes. They are hiding the last of the mythical Swamp Sirens from an ancient evil who is trying to rebuild the monstrous machine that John Henry gave his life destroying.
Children of the Gods
After a surprise encounter with a mythological monster, Percy learns that he is related to a Greek god–and he’s not alone. To keep him safe, Percy is sent to Camp Half Blood, where other demigod kids spend their summer training as heroes.
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