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The Painted Garden
''The Painted Garden'' is a children's novel by British author Noel Streatfeild. It was first published in serial form in 1948, and as a book (subtitled ''The Story of a Holiday in Hollywood'') in 1949. The abridged US edition was entitled ''Movie Shoes''. The novel is now out of print, the most recent publication being the 2000 Collins paperback. Plot summary Crabby Jane Winter is furious when her family plans to spend the winter in California, leaving her dog in London. However, her father really needs a holiday to get over his writer's block. In California, Jane meets a movie producer who realises that her disposition makes her perfect to play Mary in a film version of ''The Secret Garden''. The novel shows the process of filmmaking from a child actor's perspective. The novel also involves Jane's siblings: Rachel the budding ballerina and Tim the promising pianist, who have their own adventures in California. But the plain and unnoticed Jane is the one who makes it to fame. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Streatfeild
Mary Noel Streatfeild Order of the British Empire, OBE (24 December 1895 –11 September 1986) was an English author, best known for children's books including the "Shoes" books, which were not a series (though some books made references to others). Random House, the U.S. publisher of the 1936 novel ''Ballet Shoes (novel), Ballet Shoes'' (1936), published some of Streatfeild's subsequent children's books using the word "Shoes" in their titles, to capitalize on the popularity of ''Ballet Shoes''; thus ''Circus Shoes'' (originally called ''The Circus Is Coming''), ''Party Shoes'' (originally called ''Party Frock''), ''Skating Shoes'' (originally called ''White Boots'') and many more. She won the third annual Carnegie Medal (literary award), Carnegie Medal for ''Circus Shoes''. She was a member of the historic Streatfeild family. Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television. Biography Noel Streatfeild was born in Sussex, the second of five surviving children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |